Also, adding Martha’s Vineyard to the story adds a really interesting element as the characters deal with racism and segregation. Many of the popular shops and places of interest that are described in the book are truly a step back in time. Hilderbrand outdoes herself with this particular novel, however. The setting is one that always makes me yearn for a trip to Nantucket. It is quite amazing how the history of 1969 blends perfectly into the narrative and its characters. However, the time period of Summer of ’69 really sets the tone for an intriguing plot. This summer read has all of the classic elements that her works entail, such as drama and family relationships.
I have read a few of Hilderbrand’s novels before, but this one is my absolute favourite to date. Review: Summer of ’69 by ELin Hilderbrand This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
❃ I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. In her first "historical novel," rich with the details of an era that shaped both a country and an island thirty miles out to sea, Elin Hilderbrand once again proves her title as queen of the summer novel. As the summer heats up, Teddy Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, a man flies to the moon, and Jessie experiences some sinking and flying herself, as she grows into her own body and mind. Thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother who is hiding some secrets of her own. Only son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. Middle sister Kirby, a nursing student, is caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests, a passion which takes her to Martha's Vineyard with her best friend, Mary Jo Kopechne. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic home in downtown Nantucket: but this year Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century! It's 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing.
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