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The Book of Summer by Michelle Gable

The Book of Summer

by Michelle Gable

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  • May 2017, 416 pages
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Book of Summer - by Michelle Gable
I received this book through BookBrowse, an ARC. I am so glad I got this book. It’s so good! It is about a house, Cliff House, that is slowly eroding into the sea on Nantucket. The house has been in Bess Codman’s family for eons. This book is fascinating as it has a “Book of Summer” a journal of sorts that residents have been writing about their stays in Cliff House since the house was built. We get to learn of the people who have stayed at Cliff House and about the lives of the locals, and all who have come through over the years. There is the past and present blended together to weave a beautiful tale of themore
Deborah P. (Dunnellon, FL)

The Book Of Summer
Quoting the character Ruby, "Three cheers for summer. May it be made only of long Days". I suggest that some of those coming days include reading Michelle Gable's new novel "The Book Of Summer". The Book of Summer is set on Nantucket and is the story of three generations of women and their summer house. The time period alternates between the early 1940s and the present.

I have vacationed on Nantucket and appreciated that the author based the novel on real situations that exist on the island.

Do not be intimidated by the book's length, 404 pages in the advanced readers' copy. Michelle Gable is to be commendedmore
Sharon R. (Deerfield, IL)

A House and A Book
This wonderful book is about a summer house and it's guest/family book.
When I was growing up my family owned property and a house on the shores of Lake Huron not far from the Straits of Mackinac. We had notebooks that my father would record all the ships that passed "up" through the straits and "down" to Port Huron, Detroit and points beyond. Dad also recorded the coming and goings of family and visitors. We still have these notebooks and dutifully record when we arrive and when we leave, but without our parents in residence, it has become more a chore than a privilege.
Ms. Gable has captured the longings ofmore
Beverly S. (Chesterton, IN)

A Very Interesting Story
This is my first novel that I have read by Michelle Gable. I found her writing style quite enjoyable. This book shared a family history during two time periods. Present day covered 2008-2013, and historical covered 1939-1948. Both time periods saw weddings, births, wars and deaths. Some will make you laugh and some will bring you to tears. My favorite character in this book is actually a majestic house named Clift House located in Sconset, Nantucket. This beautiful mansion is the heart and soul of this family.
I think book clubs would really enjoy this book and I feel it would be a true gem for lovers of historical fiction.
Marjorie H. (Woodstock, GA)

THE Book of THE Summer
I predict this will be the hit beach book of '17. I've read most all the Nantucket beach books (all very good), but this one has a twist. The main character is beach erosion. Yes, you heard me. Ms. Gable presents us with the requisite Nantucket characters (all very good), but the main character is the dangerous beach erosion and loss of homes. In this particular story, a very big, very old, very cherished family home is getting ready to go into the Atlantic - very soon! Like now! The struggle to get Cissy out of the house is the structure of the book. And you'll want to jump into the pages and slap Cissy sillymore
Nancy L. (Staunton, VA)

Summer Secrets
"The Book of Summer" by Michelle Gable is the story of three generations of women and their lives in and around their summer home on Nantucket Island. But it's not quite as simple as that sounds. This novel is filled from beginning to end with secrets and surprises. The historical parts were my favorite since they dealt with the attitudes and worries in America at the time of World War II.

The present day parts are quite a bit lighter and, at times, comical. You know you are in for a ride when the book starts with one of the main characters, Cissy, riding her bicycle to pick up her daughter Bess at the Nantucketmore
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A summer home filled with years of memories, a book filled with years of written memories, and a home that is eroding away and about to fall off the cliff.

The Cliff House, appropriately named, has been the summer home on Nantucket for the Young/Packard/Codman family for over one hundred years. The women maintained the house, but now only Cissy is left, and she doesn't want to give up and face the reality that the house will be falling into the ocean before too long.

To help her mother come to the realization that she cannot continue to live in the summer home, Bess comes back home after four years. The memoriesmore
Cindy J. (Hastings, NY)

Great Summer Reading
This book is about a house and the book that guests write in about the house. It is based on a real-life environmental issue concerning the erosion of a bluff. The characters were entertaining especially Cissy and the setting reminded me of summers at the beach. All in all a great read!

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