Golden Girl

All Elin’s books are wonderful, but I enjoyed one immensely! It was so different, so heartfelt, with twists and turns everywhere! The best book yet!

Delightful book! On time delivery and well packaged.

This book is a page turner ! The author pulls you in and invests you in the characters lives. Highly recommend !

The relationships are very warm and close. The plot is fun and, at times, surprising. Another view into life on Nantucket.

I loved this story. A real strange twist to the main character. A good read

I had a hard time getting through this book and I have read a lot of her books. I am sure everyone wouldn't feel the same way! All I can say her books are usually great! This was a miss for me.

Great book by a great Author

She's at her best on Nantucket in the summer. The winter ones are awful & the Caribbean ones are worse. Even her last few summer ones have been unreadable - especially when she doesn't even write in complete sentences & just uses bullet points. I gave this a try based on the title - Golden Girl - because Silver Girl was one of her best.This was a welcome return to her whodunnit format w/Chief Ed & the familiar litany of Nantucket restaurants, stores, & beaches & that was perfectly fine. In fact, the contrivance of having Vivi (the murdered author/mom aka EH) looking down from "above" wasn't necessary. The story told itself through the characters and their entanglements. Vivi's take on what went on w/o her was unnecessary.But, the chief suspect has to be black - because he's the only black kid on the island apparently - & the promiscuous bartender daughter having an affair w/a married man dares to think she's a #metoo victim when an over-served customer wants a kiss. The plan for a girl's first summer in Nantucket is to hide in a secret room off her college friend's bedroom like ANNE FRANK. EH manages to belittle BLM, #metoo, & the Holocaust.There's also a missing plot point in that Vivi says she didn't leave a will yet she's supposed to have made enough money to support her house w/a pool plus 3 children, pay a whopping alimony to her ex-husband who runs an ice cream shop yet has a great house, & buy top-of-the-line everything. Life carries on as before she died w/no mention of who is paying or how the ex even has a roof over his head. IRL the state would appoint an executor to oversee her estate & children would inherit everything, but there's not a word about who's buying groceries in the meantime. Why not just leave out Viv's comment about a will?I did enjoy EH's jab at her publisher in the Facebook Memorial Comments Page when readers offering condolences also suggest that the publisher return to all the author's books & correct all the copy editing errors that riddle a book that sells for $29. In fact, I found one in my copy on p. 5.It's not a bad story if you ignore EH's general smugness about her great life & wealth & her attempts to be "topical." The Anne Frank part is unforgiveable, but that will be removed from digital & future print editions as EH has called it "a poor choice that was tasteless & offensive." For those of us who've read it, we can't unread it.

Nothing... I enjoyed it very much.

No book ever pulls me in and makes me happier than one of Elin's! This was especially beautiful - and had me crying on the last page ! P!ease hurry to finish your next one Ms Hilderbrand!

I love all her books. They are all special and want to make me move to Nantucket and then again not. This one has a special twist making one be part of the authors views od afterlife and still been in reallife in the story

This has been one of the most engaging read’s This concept of life after death …’ the Beyond ‘ … is there in the scriptures , and we have heard about it from our elders .And this very concept has been put in words so beautifully .It’s a must read …whether one believes in the concept or not .

I loved this bookLaughed and criedAnd I too want to know what happened next to all of the characters, flawed though they might be...