28 Summers
When Mallory Blessing's son, Link, receives deathbed instructions from his mother to call a number on a slip of paper in her desk drawer, he's not sure what to expect. But he certainly does not expect Jake McCloud to answer. It's the late spring of 2020 and Jake's wife, Ursula DeGournsey, is the frontrunner in the upcoming Presidential election.
There must be a mistake, Link thinks. How do Mallory and Jake know each other?
Flash back to the sweet summer of 1993: Mallory has just inherited a beachfront cottage on Nantucket from her aunt, and she agrees to host her brother's bachelor party. Cooper's friend from college, Jake McCloud, attends, and Jake and Mallory form a bond that will persevere--through marriage, children, and Ursula's stratospheric political rise--until Mallory learns she's dying.
Based on the classic film Same Time Next Year (which Mallory and Jake watch every summer), 28 Summers explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love.
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Readers say *28 Summers* by Elin Hilderbrand is an emotional, beautifully written story that captures the passage of time through its unique year-by-y...
A breathtaking story of a A 28-year love affair with so many turns....the last one will take your breath away!
This will go down as one of my favorite books ever. In the beginning I wasn’t sure I could love the story, but wow, I had tears streaming down my face as I ended the book. A beautiful story about life and love. I felt like I knew the characters so well and love how the story transcended most of their adult lives. I think my favorite Elin book so far! I wish I could read it again for the first time.
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