26 January 2010

Jan 2010 - Book 5 - Nantucket nights

Nantucket Nights , by Elin Hilderbrand
 
Kayla is the protagonist of this story of 3 friends who meet when they were all very young and maintain the tenuous bond with a celebratory swim on labor day weekend with a brand of truth sharing only for the 3 of them. She is an insecure housewife with a successful and handsome husband whom she always suspects..
Val is the tough lawyer with a successful practice but un-successful marriage..
Antionett is the most mysterious one with a troubled past and equally troubling present , where she is having affair with Kayla's 18 year old son..who falls for her very hard..and she takes an extreme path of disappearing before this comes to light..
 
Entangled friendships, jealousy, relationships, perception, deceit , healing - overall fast read
 
Rating -      7/10
 
"People do not change, they are merely revealed"   Anne Enright

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