Book Review | Summer of 69

It's not summer for me until I have read the latest book by Elin Hilderbrand. This year Elin celebrates her 50th birthday (with her twin brother) and wrote a book on Summer of 69', the year she was born in.

In classic Hilderbrand style, Summer of 69' revolves around the lives of several members of the Foley-Levin family and of course, Nantucket is the main setting. Martha's Vineyard gets some mention in this book too.
This summer is a dramatic change for the family as Tiger who is 19 years old, gets drafted to Vietnam. His mom Kate is in distress and starts drinking heavily, ignoring all her mom duties towards her youngest, Jessie who has just turned 13. Kate also has two older daughters, one of whom is pregnant and is having problems of her own and the other one Kirby, who is the rebel in the family and is spending time in Martha's Vineyard this summer, instead of Nantucket - to be away from her family and to resolve issues of her own.

There are lots of historic moments from summer of 69' woven into the story, which I think was brilliant. These events change the life of characters in the story in small and large ways, mostly for good.

It's a feel good book which was brilliantly written with lots of details without making those details too overwhelming to read. Once I started reading it, I didn't want to put it down. Perfect read of this summer.

Rating - 5/5