Thursday, July 12, 2012

One Summer by David Baldacci (2011)


I really needed an easy read for a day on the trains in Germany, so this was one of the few books available at the Muenster train station. Baldacci is one of my favorite authors, but this was not his usual fare. I would almost call it a romance from the male perspective, but I guess it would be also just considered a modern family romance full of tragedy, determination, a family falling apart and coming together. 

Jack is a former soldier with a debilitating terminal illness. As he readies to say goodbye to his dear wife Lizzie and his family, she dies in a car crash. His three children are divided up amongst relatives. Somewhere he finds the strength to get well and pull his family together in Lizzie’s family home on the South Carolina shore. A good crying book.

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