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| Original Title: | One Summer |
| ISBN: | 0446583146 (ISBN13: 9780446583145) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | South Carolina(United States) |
David Baldacci
Hardcover | Pages: 337 pages Rating: 3.74 | 22415 Users | 2871 Reviews
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David Baldacci delivers a moving, family drama about learning to love again after terrible heartbreak and loss in this classic New York Times bestseller.It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to live, he spends his last days preparing to say goodbye to his devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again: Lizzie is killed in a car accident. With no one able to care for them, the children are separated from each other and sent to live with family members around the country.
Just when all seems lost, Jack begins to recover in a miraculous turn of events. He rises from what should have been his deathbed, determined to bring his fractured family back together. Struggling to rebuild their lives after Lizzie's death, he reunites everyone at Lizzie's childhood home on the oceanfront in South Carolina. And there, over one unforgettable summer, Jack will begin to learn to love again, and he and his children will learn how to become a family once more.
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| Title | : | One Summer |
| Author | : | David Baldacci |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 337 pages |
| Published | : | June 14th 2011 by Grand Central Publishing |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Romance |
Rating Based On Books One Summer
Ratings: 3.74 From 22415 Users | 2871 ReviewsNotice Based On Books One Summer
This is a failure on about every level. There's not one authentic emotion, character, or line of dialogue in the entire book. Thriller writer Baldacci was channeling Nicholas Sparks for this one, there's no other explanation. Thirty-five year-old Jack, a former 6' 2" pro football player, is dying of a mysterious -- un-named -- terminal illness. Then his wife dies, and he miraculously recovers. He gets his three kids from various relatives and they go to a beach house in the Carolinas they've allListened to the audio version. The narrator was awful. No matter how sensitive the subject matter (and it certainly was a tear-jerker, especially in the beginning!), he sounded like a gruff, throat-cancer survivor. The female voices and accents weren't much better. There was plenty of violence and action in this tale, which caught me a bit by surprise. And the teenage daughter's repeated missteps grew taxing by the end. But all-in-all, it was entertaining for a long holiday weekend drive and
"One Summer" by David Baldacci is a novel that I was totally gripped from the first page. I couldn't put it down.This is a story of a guy, a decorated war vet, family man and all around decent guy - Jack Armstrong - who finds himself dying from a mysterious disease. Family members, including his darling wife and 3 kids, prepare for his departure from their lives and this world. He accepts his fate and makes his peace, though he doesn't want to go. For me, the hallmark of a great book, whatever
This was a great summer read - light with a little mystery.Baldacci is a very skilled story-teller and he has you from the first page in "One Summer."Nicely done - with little or no language.Great character development, and I loved the beach setting.
Jack, a young 35 year old man is lying in bed dying. He has survived combat in Afghanistan and Iraq but a rare disease has left him weak and helpless. His wife, Lizzie is his full time caregiver, while she also is the mother of their 3 children. 16 year old Mikki, cannot face her father's terminal illness so she has pulled away. His two sons, 11 year old Cory and 2 year old Jackie spend time with their father. Jack has written 6 letters to his wife, one for each day before Xmas. He hopes to last
I loved this bopk and if I could have figured out how to do it I would have given this four and a half stars. This is the first David Baldacci book I have read. My husband has read several but I gather they are a different type of book to this. I picked this up on the strength of the cover, which shows how important covers are. If you can suspend disbelief and allow for miracles that include recovery from cancer, then you will have no trouble getting involved with these characters. I have no
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