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Book Review of The Summer I Dared

The Summer I Dared
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On Big Sawyer Island, life is as steady as the routine of the lobsterman who leave with the tide each morning and return each night. But for 40 yr old NY Julia Bechtel, life and whats important in it are about to be forever altered when she survives a terrible boat accident en route to the island. Now, in the company of her aunt and daughter, Julia finds herself feeling stangely connected to the tragedy's other survivors-Noah and Kim- and newly outraged at the state of her marriage to a domineering man. Seeing the world with new eyes, Julia vows to embrace life with all of its joys and uncertainties. And the journey begins on Big Sawyer