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That Summer Place: Old Things / Private Paradise / Island Time
 
That Summer Place: Old Things / Private Paradise / Island Time
Author: Debbie Macomber, Jill Barnett, Susan Wiggs

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Publisher: Mira
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780778327134 - ISBN-10: 0778327132
Publication Date: 7/1/2008
Pages: 384

Book Description:

The San Juan Islands in Washington State come alive in That Summer Place, an anthology set on fictional Spruce Island.

In "Old Things" by Jill Barnett, California divorcee Catherine Winslow seeks to recreate the magic of her childhood with her two daughters on the island where her family spent many happy summers. She has no idea that she is about to revive a teenage romance as well.

In Debbie Macomber's "Private Paradise," widow Beth Graham is invited to stay on an island with friends. But when a last-minute accident keeps her friends from the island, Beth and her son end up sharing quarters with a handsome single father, John Livingstone, and his teenage daughter. Close quarters cause tempers to flare, but Beth and John just may manage to find love before the trip is over.

"Island Time" by Susan Wiggs finds workaholic Mitch Rutherford and Dr. Rosalinda Galvez busily conducting an environmental impact study of the island, although Mitch wonders if he will ever get anything done with the beautiful doctor around. 


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Carol K. (waucondacarol) wrote on 7/11/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I like this sappy, romantic trio of stories that take place in the same summer vacation home on an island near Seattle over several years and involve three different couples. Each couple is unique. In "Private Paradise," a widow with a teenage son accidently ends up sharing the house with a divorced father of a rebellious pre-teen. The kids decide that their parents would make a perfect couple. In "Old Things," a single mom, workaholic divorcee of two girls rents the home to spend quality time with her two daughters and meets the guy she had a heavy crush on when she stayed at the house as a teen and he lived with his uncle. Thirty years later and still a bachelor, he is spending time at his late uncle's island home and lets her believe he is the island handyman instead of a high powered Seattle executive. In "Island Time," a staid widower is staying at the house while planning a new marina for the island and a quirky, Hispanic marine biologist is hired by his assistant to do the environmental study which will allow the plans for the marina to go ahead if she approves them. The young woman is broke, out of work, has two chihuahuas, a tangerine colored Volkswagon bug that barely makes it off the ferry before it breaks down, and loves spicy salsa music, food, skimpy outfits, and she finds her boss is not too bad either.


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Linda M. wrote on 10/11/2009...


This book was a light read. Unusual. 3 great authors!

Ellen B. (brats7) wrote on 2/26/2009...


This house and 3 seperate summers. It nice to see how everything gels together


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