The Rumor, Elin Hilderbrand
The Rumor, Elin Hilderbrand
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The Rumor
A Novel

Bestseller

Author: Elin Hilderbrand

Narrator: Kathleen McInerney

Unabridged: 10 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/16/2015


Synopsis

A friendship is tested in this "thrilling" page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand (Us Weekly).

Madeline King and Grace Pancik are best friends and the envy of Nantucket for their perfect marriages, their beautiful kids, their Saturday night double dates with their devoted husbands. But this summer, something's changed, and if there's anything Nantucket likes better than cocktails on the beach at sunset, it's a good rumor. 

And rumor has it... that Madeline, a novelist, is battling writer's block, with a deadline looming, bills piling up, and blank pages driving her to desperation — and a desperately bad decision; and that Grace, hard at work to transform her backyard into a garden paradise, has been collaborating a bit more closely than necessary with her ruggedly handsome landscape architect. 

As the gossip escalates, and they have the possible loss of the happy lives they've worked so hard to create, Grace and Madeline try mightily to set the record straight — but the truth might be even worse than rumor has it. 

Please enjoy a sneak peek of Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand and read by Erin Bennett at the end of this program. 

About Elin Hilderbrand

Elin Hilderbrand was born and raised in Collegeville, PA, but spent most of her childhood summers playing on Cape Cod. Her father died in a plane crash when she was sixteen years old, so unfortunately that ended the Cape trips. Her summers were now spent working, but she promised herself that for the rest of her life she would always have a real summer. She moved to Nantucket in July 1993, took a job as "the classified ads girl" at a local paper, and later started writing. Elin says she does her best writing while on the beaches of Nantucket or along the beautiful streets of Beacon Hill in Boston. She is a breast cancer survivor and currently lives in Nantucket along with her three beautiful children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Geo on March 18, 2018

Translation widget on the blog!!! O poveste de viața si despre viața. Ce poate face bârfa dintr-un orășel mic? Sau ce poate strica omul prin acțiunile sale. O carte frumoasa! Recenzia mea completă o găsiți aici: [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by Susanne on September 08, 2020

It’s those Pesky Little Secrets that’ll Getcha! Best Friends Madeline King and Grace Pancik share everything, including their secrets. Little do they know, it’s their secrets that are going to wreck havoc in their lives. Madeline is a successful novelist who has writer’s block, until she uses her best......more

Goodreads review by Cammie on June 18, 2020

Nantucket is full of gossip this summer and most of it sounds like the childhood game of Telephone, nothing true but maybe people's names. While rumors usually have a kernel of truth to them, some of the rumors circulating around Nantucket are just complete fiction, made up to make someone feel like......more


Quotes

Praise for BEAUTIFUL DAY:

"A perfect summer read."—Ladies Home Journal

"A wedding readers won't be able to resist crashing."—Kirkus Reviews

"Hilderbrand's latest is the perfect beach read....[her] straightforward style pulls the reader into the minds of her characters, and all the secrets and sorrows that create the universal messiness of major family events."—Publishers Weekly

PRAISE FOR SUMMERLAND:

"Summerland is as readable as any beach book, but with a much bigger heart."—Boston Globe

"The Queen of the Summer Novel...Hilderbrand blends real-life issues - depression, teen alcoholism, bullying - with her signature soapy twists and illicit romances."—Joanna Powell, People

"Hilderbrand has once again written an engaging story wonderfully illustrating the often complex lives of young people struggling toward adulthood."—Booklist

"A sensitive glimpse into the lives of damaged people groping their way toward healing."—Kirkus Reviews