28 Summers

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Mallory and Jake know they love each other, even if it is a secret love, there is nothing that will stop them meeting, and, given the beginning of the novel, we know that we are in for a heartbreaking and tearful ending. Link has no idea how Jake and his mother know each other, but Jake asks Link to tell Mallory to hang on, because he's on his way. Professional interactions never made way for more meaningful connection and yet, in chatting to Keith recently I realised just how much we are kindred spirits. The situation between the two star crossed lovers, Jake and Mallory, doesn't make a whole lot of sense - there is never a concrete, truly believable reason as to why they cannot just be together all the time and must only be "Same Time Next Year" lovers. But when their marriage hits a rocky spot, the weekends start up again, with Ursula believing it's an annual boys' weekend.

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And the idea of a woman functionally keeping her heart locked away to spend one weekend a year with some loser who won’t leave his wife is pathetic and depressing. The story is very well written with personal touches that makes you feel as if the author is talking to you or reading the words aloud just for you which makes you even feel more invested in the storytelling. It is at times, beautiful, desperate, devastating, heart-wrenching, intense, lovely and unbelievable.

This novel does cover almost 30 years so that’s a lot to pack in but I found my interest losing a bit when it deviated from the main storyline. He can't believe who answers: Jake McCloud, who may very well become America's first First Gentleman, as his wife, Senator Ursula de Gournsey, is running for president. I did enjoy the summaries of every year at the beginning of each chapter, but sadly, that was the extent of my enjoyment.

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Mallory and Jake share a romantic weekend together, but Mallory is reluctant to start a long-distance relationship.Ursula suspects Jake is having an affair with Mallory due to a post on a blog by Leland, Mallory's best friend.

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It never ceases to surprise my husband what a complete and utter crybaby I am when it comes to movies, news stories, or heck, even commercials. I read these books for the settings and the escape, I am certainly not interested in Elin Hildebrand’s political views. Oh for the days when life was a picnic on the beach: Hilderbrand sets the gold standard in escapist fiction. When Jake visits the island that year, Mallory insists that they can’t see each other anymore, and the two reluctantly part ways for what they assume will be the last time for several years, depending on Ursula’s political trajectory.Book club questions for 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand takes a closer look at this bittersweet novel.

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I finally got curious because “28 Summers” has been the number one best seller on the New York Times list for weeks—- maybe months! She does a great job, as always, of describing summer days and nights, including descriptions of summer meals, flowers, beach scenes, and ocean breezes. Frazier and Mallory have a one-night stand at one of Cooper’s weddings, and the result is a son named Link.Jake and Mallory continue to see each other for romantic weekends over several summers until Ursula's father dies.