Thursday, July 22, 2010

Review - The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand

Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends. As pillars of their close-knit community, the MacAvoys, Kapenashes, Drakes, and Wheelers are important to their friends and neighbors, and especially to each other. But just before the beginning of another idyllic summer, Greg and Tess are killed when their boat capsizes during an anniversary sail. As the warm weather approaches and the island mourns their loss, nothing can prepare the MacAvoy's closest friends for what will be revealed.

About the Author

Elin Hilderbrand lives on Nantucket with her husband and their three young children. She grew up in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and traveled extensively before settling on Nantucket, which has been the setting for her five previous novels. Hilderbrand is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the graduate fiction workshop at the University of Iowa.

My Review
I truly enjoyed this story and had a hard time putting the book down at bedtime.  Elin wove such a interesting story and had you fascinated by how all of these individuals were intertwined on so many levels.  I loved that they had a close knit group who spent so much time in one another's lives and really enjoyed each others company, they were a family through friendship.  I give this book a thumbs up and I will be on the lookout for more of Elin Hilderbrand.

I would like to thank Hatchette Book Group for providing me a complimentary copy of this book to read for my honest review.


# Paperback: 359 pages
# Publisher: First Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company and Hatchette Book Group
# Language: English
# First Edition: June 2010
# ISBN 978-0-316-04390-8

I have some exciting news I will also be giving away three copies of this great book please see details below.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Thanks to Valerie at Hachette Books, three readers of this blog will win copies of this book. Books will be shipped direct from the publisher. US and Canada only, no PO boxes please. Contest ends on Sunday, August 1, 2010.

Rules for entry of this giveaway are very simple:

1. Leave your email address in a comment. Please give me a way to contact you, in case you are a winner!
2. For an extra entry, be a follower of this blog. (Please leave a separate entry)
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15 comments:

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