The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand Summary
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When summer beckons, Hilderbrand delivers. "The Five-Star Weekend" explores friendship and reinvention on Nantucket, earning a Kirkus starred review. What happens when a food blogger's perfect life implodes? Discover why Hilderbrand's 29th novel is the season's most anticipated emotional escape.
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A Weekend That Changes Everything
Imagine gathering your closest friends from every chapter of your life-only to have your most carefully constructed walls come tumbling down. This is the premise of "The Five-Star Weekend," where Hollis Shaw, a successful food blogger and recent widow, invites four women who defined different eras of her life to her Nantucket summer home. What begins as an attempt to heal from grief transforms into a weekend of revelations that will reshape each woman's understanding of herself and the others. Against the backdrop of Nantucket's pristine beaches and charming cobblestone streets, five women confront truths they've been avoiding-about love, identity, friendship, and betrayal. Their gathering becomes a masterclass in how female friendship can both wound and heal, sometimes in the same moment.
The Architect of Connection: Hollis Shaw
The Stars Arrive (With Baggage)
First Light: A House of Secrets
Reconnections and Revelations
When Truth Breaks Through
The Courage to Begin Again
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