Summer People

There was a book sale by Pay Less Books last week, in Ipoh. I bought three books, one of them "Summer People" by Elin Hilderbrand. I decided to read this one first - not for any specific reason though. I just had a good feeling about it.

"Summer People" is a good read, terrific. The story is about how the death of Archer, a well-known lawyer, changed the lives of the people around him. Archer was defending a murderer, Constance, who suffered a horrible life due to her brother's and sister-in-law's involvement with drugs. She intended to save her nine-year old niece from becoming a prostitute, but ended up killing her sister-in-law and her niece. So, Archer got so involved in the case, and on his way home from meeting with a witness, his plane crashed.

Archer and his wife has a pair of twins, Garrett and Winnie. They will always spend summer in Nantucket where his wife, Beth inherited a summer house. Right before Archer's death, he invited Constance's son, Marcus to join them the coming summer. And Beth decided to honor her husband's wish and invited Marcus to come along even though Archer was not there.

Marcus and Winnie fell in love. Garrett fell in love with Piper, David's daughter. David by the way, was once married to Beth for two weeks when they were still young. But then Beth never revealed this to anyone. And then that summer, Garrett and Winnie found out and started hating their mom for keeping that secret from them.

The thing that I found interesting about this book was how Beth, who lost her husband, dealt with the twins and how she managed to turn David's offer to get back together. She was so lonely, and she needed someone to lean on. David was there, but she loved Archer and will not replace him just because she was feeling lonely.

And I like how Piper dealt with her getting pregnant with Garrett's child at the age of 17. It is true what people say, you don't have to be trained to become matured. It just comes naturally.

Overall, it was a good read. I finished it in 8 hours.