On Mystic Lake, Kristin Hannah
On Mystic Lake, Kristin Hannah
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On Mystic Lake

Author: Kristin Hannah

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 10 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/06/2010

Categories: Fiction, Romance


Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A poignant and tender story of love, loss, passion, and the fragile threads that bind families together from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale "A beautifully simple, deeply compassionate story."—Diana GabaldonAnnie Colwater's only child has just left home for school abroad. On that same day, her husband of twenty years confesses that he's in love with a younger woman. Alone in the house that is no longer a home, Annie comes to the painful realization that for years she has been slowly disappearing. Lonely and afraid, she retreats to Mystic, the small Washington town where she grew up, hoping that there she can reclaim the woman she once was—the woman she is now desperate to become again.In Mystic, she is reunited with her first love, Nick Delacroix, a recent widower unable to cope with his grieving, too-silent six-year-old daughter, Izzie. Together, the three of them begin to heal, and, at last, Annie learns that she can love without losing herself. But just when she has found a second chance at happiness, her life is turned upside down again, and Annie must make a choice no woman should have to make. . . .Praise for On Mystic Lake "Marvelous . . . a touching love story . . . You know a book is a winner when you devour it in one evening and hope there's a sequel. . . . This page-turner has enough twists and turns to keep the reader up until the wee hours of the morning."—USA Today

"Superb . . . I'll heartily recommend On Mystic Lake to any woman . . . who demands that a story leave her in a satisfied glow."—The Washington Post Book World"A luminescent story . . . Kristin Hannah touches the deepest, most tender corners of our hearts."—Tami Hoag"Excellent . . . On Mystic Lake is an emotional experience you won't soon forget."—Rocky Mountain News

"Propels readers forward to the final chapter."—The Seattle Times

About Kristin Hannah

Kristin Hannah was born in September 1960 in Southern California. At eight years old, her family moved to Western Washington. Kristin decided to become a lawyer and attended law school in Washington. While in her third-and final-year of law school, Kristin’s mom was in the hospital, facing the end of her long battle with cancer. Always knowing that her daughter was meant to be a writer, Kristin and her mother collaborated on a novel. After her mom's death, she packed up all those bits and pieces of paper and research they'd collected and put them in a box in the back of her closet. Kristin got married and continued practicing law.

Then, Kristin found out she was pregnant and was on bed rest for five months. It was during that time that her husband reminded her of the book she'd started with her mom. Kristin pulled out the boxes of research material, dusted them off and began writing. By the time their son was born, she'd finished a first draft and found an obsession.

After many rejections, Kristin finally got "the call," and in that moment, she went from a young mother with a cooler-than-average hobby to a professional writer, and has never looked back. In all the years between then and now, she has never lost her love of, or her enthusiasm for, telling stories. Kristin feels truly blessed to be a wife, a mother, and a writer. Her novel, Firefly Lane, became a runaway bestseller in 2009, a touchstone novel that brought women together.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tom on August 11, 2019

Kristin Hannah spoils me with her amazing writing. I’m sure I’ll have to turn in my “man card” for saying this, but she melted me with this story about Annie, a woman who gets a second chance at life after having twenty years of marriage and her life uprooted by her cheating asshole husband. While i......more

Goodreads review by Meagan✨ on November 11, 2024

On Mystic Lake follows Anna, who returns to her childhood home after her husband tells her he’s in love with a younger women. As she grapples with her new future , Anna finds solace and healing in the community of her childhood home in Mystic Lake. Along the way, she reconnects with old friends, an......more

Goodreads review by Greta on June 10, 2022

Annie is 39 years old and about to launch her daughter off to the UK before she starts her freshman year in college. As her and her husband of 20 years pull into the driveway after bringing their only child to the airport he tells her he wants a divorce- he is in love with someone else. Annie is dev......more

Goodreads review by Karen on September 18, 2023

Catching up… Annie Colwater is ready to begin a new romance with her husband Brent of 20 years once they put their only child on a plane for her own independent adventure. But, as he drops her off at home, he utters the words, “I want a divorce.” And… Along with those words, informs her that he has be......more

Goodreads review by Mallory on October 24, 2023

This was a lovely book about family, love, and identity. This story was emotional and sweet. At first I didn’t really like any of the characters but then you meet Izzy and then Annie becomes someone so likable. Annie and Blake have been married for 20 years and the day they send their 17 year old da......more