Its 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. A summer that should be filled with sand and swimming and fun is also filled with family crisis and worries. Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the 60s summer when everything changed in Elin Hilderbrands 1 New York Times bestselling historical novel.

Who is Pick and what is the secret Kate knows about him? Jessie’s grandmother is harboring a big secret and maybe she isn’t the ogre we thought. Jessie falls for a gorgeous young man named Pick. And this is the summer the country is preparing for the now infamous Woodstock. Ted Kennedy’s dive off the bridge in Chappaquiddick with Mary Jo Kopechne left to drown in the car. That leaves youngest sister, Jessie, to spend time with her cantankerous grandmother and their mom Kate who has taken to the bottle most of the day as she struggles with the deployment of her only son Tiger who is Jessie’s step-brother. She’s been involved in protests and has been in trouble with a capital T. Kirby, the middle sister, has bucked the system and is spending the summer on Martha’s Vineyard with a friend. This year Blair, the oldest sister, is hugely pregnant with twins and is spending her summer lying around on a couch eating bon bons in front of a tv in Boston while her astrophysicist husband is working to prepare for the upcoming moon landing. The Levin family always look forward to spending their summers at their grandmother’s historical home in downtown Nantucket. Once in a while she sets part of a novel on Martha’s Vineyard. And such a historical summer at that.Īll of Hilderbrand’s novels take place on Nantucket. The title completely won me over even before the first page was turned. I’ve read every single one of Hilderbrand’s novels over the years. Love the cover of Elin Hilderbrand’s upcoming brand new novel, SUMMER OF 69! This cover screams take me to the beach like nothing else.

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