On 2010-01-05 Jemima Adams, Nashua, NH wrote: In her novel Barefoot, Elin Hilderbrand tells the story of three women from New York who spend a summer on Nantucket. Two of the women are sisters and one is a friend. They are all running from their problems and spend the summer trying to forget the reality of their situations. The friend Melanie, has just discovered her husband is having an affair and that she herself is pregnant with their first child after years of trying to fall pregnant. Brenda has just been fired from her position as an English professor due to her relationship with one of her students. She has also been charged with vandalizing a very expensive piece of art (after throwing a book that accidentally damaged it). Brenda´s sister Vicki is having to deal with lung cancer. She undergoes treatment on the island. Also along for the summer are Vicki´s two small boys. I was not particularly fond of this book. It moved kind of slow and was obviously fairly depressing. The way in which everything was resolved in the end seemed a bit unrealistic in Brenda´s case and kind of annoying in Melanie´s case. I thought that the thread about Vicki was probably the strongest. So Barefoot was not a book I would specifically recommend. . And summed up by saying Run From Your Problems. Currently Barefoot: A Novel has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
Barefoot: A Novel can also be found in the following searches:
Little, Brown and Company claimed It´s summer on Nantucket, and as the season begins, threewomen arrive at the local airport, observed by Josh, a localboy, home from college. Burdened with small children,unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues,the women--two sisters and one friend--make their way tothe sisters´ tiny cottage, inherited from an aunt. They´re alltrying to escape from something: Melanie, after seven failedin-vitro attempts, discovered her husband´s infidelity andthen her own pregnancy; Brenda embarked on a passionateaffair with an older student that got her fired from herprestigious job as a professor in New York; and her sisterVickie, mother to two small boys, has been diagnosed withcancer. Soon Josh is part of the chaotic household, actingas babysitter, confidant, and, eventually, somethingmore, while the women confront their pasts and map outtheir futures.
Item that are similar to Barefoot: A Novel can be found at: