Search - Still Summer

This is a wonderful story about friendships between women. The story involves a group of high school friends reuniting for a boat trip after one of the friend's husband passes away. This friend has lived away from all the others in Italy for years and she returns to her hometown to take her friends on a boat trip. It wouldn't be a story if everything goes as planned. You will laugh, you will cry and you will not be able to put this book down.

Get it on your wish list now, it is a fabulous must read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really liked this book. It started out really slow but then it became very exciting very fast. A great summer read.

This was a great book about the relationships between the women (with friends and with the daughter, who also has her own unique relationship with each of her mother's friends which adds to the story) and about the strengths and weaknesses in the relationships. I was afraid it was going to be a 'hokey' story about being lost at sea and dealing with unrealistic pirates. Instead, I thought it was realistic and the characters and the story have stayed with me long after reading the book. And it wasn't hokey at all... very good read!

Like several other people have mentioned in previous reviews, this book was a little bit slow in the beginning. Once you hit about the middle of the book, however, it was nearly impossible to put down. Survival is the theme of this book...physical survival, survival of the human spirit, and survival of relationships. While parts of the plot are a little over the top, the book has a satisfying, if not bittersweet, conclusion.

Although I love all Jaquelyn Mitchard's other books, I'm finding this one slow to start, but once you get into it, it's fabulous writing as always!

I thought this book was very thought provoking.
The storyline was a bit absurd but if you could get past that it was a very good book overall.