I feel like I’m living in one of Vivian Howe’s novels.” But, she adds, “They usually have happy endings. In The Blue Bistro, a woman finds summer romance while working at a local restaurant. As an investigator tells the chief of police Ed Kapenash, who plays a recurring role in the Hilderbrand oeuvre: “This is all very life-imitating-art here, Chief. The Matchmaker sees a woman set out to find the perfect matches for those closest to her. The story is a family saga, a mystery and a moving retrospective that manages to be clever without being coy. Elin Hilderbrand Nina Subin These books are escape hatches for serious readers, bridges between mothers and daughters, cat’s cradles connecting friends. At the beginning of the book, a hit-and-run accident lands Vivi in the Beyond, where she is granted one summer to watch over her children, plus three “nudges” should she want to influence their decisions.

Like her creator, Vivi is a “wash-ashore” on Nantucket, a best-selling author of beach reads and a mother of three - and let’s hope the similarities end there. The Matchmaker gives you a taste of island life without having to invest in oceanfront property.'-Boston Globe 'The queen regent of the easy-breezy summer read. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A touching new novel from bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand in. Its like renting a cottage on Nantucket for the weekend - breezy and sad when you come to the end. Buy The Matchmaker Unabridged by Hilderbrand, Elin, Bennett, Erin (ISBN: 9781478984221) from Amazons Book Store. Read 3,035 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. I have no patience for dead people who hang around in fiction, but I made an exception for Vivian Howe, who gets killed in the opening pages of Hilderbrand’s latest, most philosophical and (I’m declaring it) best novel, GOLDEN GIRL, which comes out on June 1. Hilderbrand has an ear and an eye for the people of Surfside and Siasconset.

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