Summerland

On a warm June evening, the students of Nantucket High gather for the traditional graduation bonfire on the beach. But the celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver, Penny Alistair, dead, and her twin brother, Hobby, in a coma. Penny's boyfriend Jake, and her friend Demeter are unhurt but haunted by the events of that night, and by the questions that linger about what happened in the car, and what happened in the dunes before Penny took the wheel.

For Zoe, the twins mother, the unthinkable awaits:life without her daughter, and an agonizing recovery for the son who had been a star athlete with infinite prospects. Free spirited Zoe has been as much friend as mother to her children, but now she has to face devastating truths about them, and about her own role in all that happened.

As summer unfolds, Zoe and the other parents must ask whether their efforts to protect their children from lifes realities have only left them more vulnerable. The key to understanding the accident lies in what Penny learned that evening on the beach-but will it also destroy the survivors fragile peace?

My Review:

I have read another book by this author, which is why I picked up this one because I really liked the other one. And this one just sounded so dramatic and mysterious! Well, it wasn't nearly either of those things as I thought it would be. This book tells stories from a lot of different people  and what they are going through, because of the accident. Of course, losing a child part always gets to me, and the pain and suffering that it causes. I liked all the characters, though the story wasn't nearly as interesting as I was hoping it would be. The author is a little wordy, and I would skip paragraphs of her going on and on about nothing really. It took me over a week to finish this book, not one I wanted to gobble up in one sitting. The ending was also a little anti-clamatic for how much they keep you waiting to find out what happens. Also, very rated PG-13. Use of the "F" word and other swear words and a lot of very grown up topics.  

My rating: 3 out of 5