The rumor : a novel

Title:

The rumor : a novel

Author:

Summary:

Struggling with looming bills and writer's block while her best friend faces a life-changing decision, Nantucket author Madeline King tackles escalating rumors during a summer of explosive secrets.

Edition:

Large print edition, First edition.

Physical Description:

469 pages ; 25 cm

Genre:

Large type books.

Domestic fiction.

Subject Term:

Women novelists -- Fiction.

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Gossip -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Nantucket Island (Mass.) -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Little, Brown and Company,

Publication Date:

2015

ISBN:

9780316339353

Publication Information:

2015

New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

Call Number:

LP HILDERB

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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.

Author Notes

Elin Hilderbrand grew up in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University and the graduate fiction workshop at the University of Iowa. Her first book, The Beach Club, was published in 2000. Her other works include The Blue Bistro, Barefoot, A Summer Affair, The Castways, The Island, Summerland, The Matchmaker, Winter Street, The Rumor, and Winter Stroll. Elin's novels, Here's to Us and Winter Storms, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2016.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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Library Journal Review

Rumors spread like wildfire on the island of Nantucket, MA, but the locals would never have dreamed that best friends Madeline King and Grace Pancik would be the focus of all the gossip that summer. Madeline, a best-selling author, is facing some serious writer's block while the bills pile up and the publisher pushes her to turn in a draft. Feeling desperate, she writes a racy novel that could jeopardize her marriage and her friendship. Meanwhile, Grace is enjoying attention from her handsome landscape architect Benton, as her husband becomes increasingly distant, busy with his own problems. Then Grace's daughter very publicly cheats on Madeline's son, and the women's bond reaches a breaking point. With vicious rumors swirling around them, Madeline and Grace will need to decide if family and friendship are more important than fame and fortune. Verdict Best-selling Hilderbrand (The Beach Club; The Castaways) has become synonymous with the perfect summer beach read, and The Rumor should find its way into many beach bags this summer. Readers will be hooked as they get a glimpse into the messy lives of the beautiful people who only seem to have it all on this island. [See Prepub Alert, 11/25/14.]-Melissa DeWild, BookOps, NYPL © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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