# Summer Island: A captivating and tender novel from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Women

The Summer Island novel series centers on the fractured bond between Nora Bridge, a beloved radio personality and moral columnist, and her daughter Ruby, a cynical comedian who has mined their estrangement for material. When a tabloid scandal exposes Nora’s hidden past, an accident and a magazine’s lucrative tell-all offer draw Ruby back into her mother’s orbit. Under the guise of caretaking, Ruby agrees to retreat to the family’s old waterfront home on Summer Island, where memories of a seemingly idyllic childhood still linger.

This contemporary fiction series blends family drama with a resonant exploration of forgiveness and buried histories. As Nora and Ruby confront the pivotal summer that shattered their lives, the island reawakens connections to first love, lost friendship, and the painful truths neither woman has fully faced. Kristin Hannah’s storytelling probes the complex ties between mothers and daughters, delivering a poignant narrative of healing set against the backdrop of a coastal retreat.

## Books in this series (1)

- Vol. 1 — [Summer Island](https://mybookbandits.com/books/9781035045969) (ISBN 9781035045969)

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