6/26/2023 0 Comments Barefoot hilderbrand![]() ![]() When put-upon babysitter Brenda places a 'help wanted' ad, the three women find salvation in the form of Josh, childminder extraordinaire, confidant and eventually something more. Her mother always used to say that any ailment in the world - physical or emotional - could be cured by a little Nantucket sand between the toes and these three women need all the help Nantucket can offer: Brenda has just lost her prestigious job as a professor of literature Melanie, who has been struggling for years to have a baby, has just discovered that she is pregnant - and that her husband is having an affair Vicki herself has been diagnosed with cancer and is facing months of treatment.Īlthough they have the best of intentions and plan to support one another while enjoying the summer, the women soon find life in a cramped cottage with only one bathroom not quite the idyll they imagined. ![]() ![]() In this enthralling story, readers meet three. ![]() When Vicki Stowe arrives in Nantucket for the summer with her two young sons, her best friend Melanie and her sister Brenda, she is hoping for peace, rest and comfort. After the success of Hilderbrand’s previous novels, Barefoot was one of the most-anticipated books for summer reading when it was released in 2007. 5 6 She spent her summers on Cape Cod, 'playing touch football at low tide, collecting sea glass, digging pools for hermit crabs, swimming out to. Brilliantly observed, both witty and profoundly moving, 'Barefoot' is a bittersweet story of friendship, families and fate. Hilderbrand was born and raised in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, and was previously a teaching/writing fellow at the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. ![]()
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