Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand
It was a summer few will ever forget.
Man dared to step foot on the moon.
Angry protesters rallied against The
Vietnam War, amid the increased escalation
of the United States in the conflict.
Peace, love, and psychedelic drugs drew
hundreds of thousands to a music festival
known as Woodstock, an extravaganza of epic
proportions. And Ted Kennedy survived a
scandal at Chappaquiddick that almost
cost him his political career.
No one feels the impact of the summer of '69
more than the Levin family, who fervently
embrace the changing times.
One daughter has a season of awakening with
her stern grandmother on Nantucket, another
awaits the agonizing birth of twins, without the
support of her troubled husband, and a third girl
finds refuge on Martha's Vineyard where it's
impossible to escape the sins of her past, and
the racial tension that simmers behind closed
doors.
A son marches off to the jungles of Southeast Asia,
and a mother drowns her sorrows with a steady stream
of cocktails, terrified that sordid secrets from the
past could tear her family apart.
Hilderbrand's first historical fiction novel is an insightful
narrative about a remarkable, tumultuous era,
fifty years ago. She captures the essence of 1969
with her candid, eloquent writing, making it an
emotional, nostalgic, page-turner, certain to resonate
with so many readers.
It was a summer few will ever forget.
Man dared to step foot on the moon.
Angry protesters rallied against The
Vietnam War, amid the increased escalation
of the United States in the conflict.
Peace, love, and psychedelic drugs drew
hundreds of thousands to a music festival
known as Woodstock, an extravaganza of epic
proportions. And Ted Kennedy survived a
scandal at Chappaquiddick that almost
cost him his political career.
No one feels the impact of the summer of '69
more than the Levin family, who fervently
embrace the changing times.
One daughter has a season of awakening with
her stern grandmother on Nantucket, another
awaits the agonizing birth of twins, without the
support of her troubled husband, and a third girl
finds refuge on Martha's Vineyard where it's
impossible to escape the sins of her past, and
the racial tension that simmers behind closed
doors.
A son marches off to the jungles of Southeast Asia,
and a mother drowns her sorrows with a steady stream
of cocktails, terrified that sordid secrets from the
past could tear her family apart.
Hilderbrand's first historical fiction novel is an insightful
narrative about a remarkable, tumultuous era,
fifty years ago. She captures the essence of 1969
with her candid, eloquent writing, making it an
emotional, nostalgic, page-turner, certain to resonate
with so many readers.
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