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EXCERPT: The song changes to opening guitar chords that seize Vivi's attention. It's 'Stone in Love' by Journey. Vivi almost trips over her own shoes. She stops and stares at her phone's screen. What is this song doing on the Nine Pound Hammer playlist? Did Carson add it? But Carson hates classic rock; she calls it 'music from beyond the grave.'Vivi is spooked. This song brings back such intense memories of high school that she feels if she turns her head, she'll see Brett Caspian standing in th...
Elin Hilderbrand has done it again...and by "it" I mean written a spectacular novel!I must admit that I was little bit wary of the premise of Golden Girl when I first heard about it some months ago--the main character was DEAD and watching her family grieve her death. This did not sound like the lighthearted, fun, escapist beach reads that I am used to from my favorite summer novelist. However, Golden Girl still includes the family drama, the romance, the suspense, and the BEACH that are signatu...
I have read every single Elin Hilderbrand book. Shes from my corner of the universe and I love supporting an author that comes from our little region. I met Elin two years ago when Summer of ‘69 hit shelves and she spoke at Ursinus College. She was a lovely woman. When I got an advanced copy of Golden Girl, I was elated as it would be added to my summer reading list anyway and I have truly loved every book. It’s not summer without Elin! I read this one in a day and not because I was so enthralle...
Another quintessential summer read from Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl follows author Vivian Howe, who meets the end of her life in a hit-and-run in early June. She is assigned to Martha, a person in the afterlife who grants her the rest of the summer to view the aftermath of her exit from the world and use three “nudges” to guide things in the right direction down below. Vivian knows her three nearly grown children, Willa, Carson, and Leo still need her, and she spends the summer watching them e...
Review to be posted on blog: https://books-are-a-girls-best-friend... What If, You Could Look Down on Your Family From the Great Beyond and Impact Their Decisions? Vivian (Vivi) Howe is a successful Nantucket novelist who is extremely close to her family when a hit-and-run accident strikes her down, killing her instantly. Her family is, of course, crestfallen. Little do they know that Vivi has been granted the ability to view her family from the Beyond and to guide them (using 3 nudges) in ca...
Audiobook….read by Erin Bennett ….13 hours and 26 minutes If I say I found much of this book boring - easy to follow - but trite and shallow, would my friends tell me to keep my thoughts to myself? Tell me to F-off or go home? I hope not …..I LOVE MY FRIENDS WHO ENJOYED THIS BEFORE ME.But…..I tried …I tried … … I TRIED to LOVE IT…..I even put in the hours. I sincerely wanted to love it…..as a couple of friends whom I cherish, did. Plus…I promised myself I would read an Elin Hilderbrand novel sin...
So refreshing to be back in Nantucket!Time and again, I do my yearly visit to Nantucket using Elin Hilderbrand's eyes and I enjoyed my time there. This time, Golden Girl introduced us to Vivian Howe but don't fall in love with her character too soon. After all, she dies at the beginning of the book in a hit and run. The person responsible for her death is a mystery to the other characters but not so much to the readers. Vivian Howe is a mother and a friend. She was a wife too but she is divorced...
4.5 starsEver since I've discovered Elin Hilderbrand's books, her novels have become my summer holiday treat. Golden Girl was no exception. I savoured the book, visiting Nantucket yet again with a new cast of flawed characters and their complicated relationships, and an unpredictable plotline. As usual with Elin's books, I was hooked from page 1.What's the book about? I suggest going into the book blind as it's hard describing the plot. I've tried and couldn't do it justice so I'm going to leave...
I've enjoyed other books by this author, so I'm familiar with the drama and descriptions of the Nantucket setting. While there's plenty of that in this story, this one didn't quite work for me. I was drawn to its supernatural aspect, since that's a first for an Elin Hilderbrand novel.The story wasn't as compelling as I expected, even with the added touch of watching from beyond and the nudges. The characters were too cliched to come across as real. The plot and situations came across forced, not...
Enjoyable storytelling if you don't think too deep into it. The audio read by Erin Bennett was really good and she makes 13.5 hours fly by without you knowing.I like the beginning of this book with whodunit mystery and tight-knit characters. This is a story about Vivi (or is it EH?), an author who died and becomes an angel looking down from heaven. I like Vivi and her angel mentor. But true to form, the story leans towards family drama and infidelity then there are gazillion characters that I st...
Another lovely summer beach read by Elin Hilderbrand. Vivi is a novelist who lives in Nantucket, has three adult children, and an ex-husband. When she’s killed on her early morning run, she’s told upon arriving in heaven that she’ll be able to observe her beloved family members for 3 more months and will get three “nudges”, three chances to influence events slightly, before it will be her time to move on. That summer, we watch her children, Willa, Carson and Leo, several of their friends, some o...
