The Summer I Dared: A NovelA New York Times bestseller offers “a compelling mystery with an insightful portrayal of captivating people facing challenges both ordinary and dramatic” (Booklist). What comes after the moment that forever changes your life? This is the question that haunts Julia Bechtel, Noah Prine, and Kim Colella, the only survivors of a terrible boating accident off the coast of Maine that claimed the lives of nine other people. Julia, a forty-year-old wife and mother, has always taken the path of least resistance. Pigeonholed by her controlling family and increasingly distant husband as “loyal” and “obedient,” she realizes in the aftermath of her brush with death that there is more to her—and to the world around her—than she ever imagined. Feeling strangely connected to Noah, the divorced, brooding lobsterman who helped save her life, and to Kim, a young woman whose role in the accident and subsequent muteness are a mystery, Julia explores the unique possibilities offered by the quiet island of Big Sawyer, Maine. With each passing moment, each new discovery, Julia grows more sure that after coming face-to-face with death, she must have more from life. Drawing on an inner strength she never knew she possessed, Julia resolves to make things right for the future, fearlessly embracing uncertainties in a way she couldn’t have imagined only a few weeks ago. The Summer I Dared is a deeply moving novel of survival and the resiliency of the human spirit. “Delinsky is a first rate storyteller who creates believable, sympathetic characters who seem as familiar as your neighbors.” —The Boston Globe |
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... can't take you home?” “I'm sure.” “Does your arm hurt?” “No.” But she didn't think she would notice if it did. The emerging horror dwarfed aches and pains. “Want something to eat from the Grill?” “I don't think I can eat.” “Coffee, then ...
... can't take you home?” “I'm sure.” “Does your arm hurt?” “No.” But she didn't think she would notice if it did. The emerging horror dwarfed aches and pains. “Want something to eat from the Grill?” “I don't think I can eat.” “Coffee, then ...
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... can't it wait?” She paused. “Later, then. Give her a chance to rest. Then she'll be more help.” Zoe politely ended the call and turned in apology to Julia. “You will have to talk with him at some point. First, though, you need to call ...
... can't it wait?” She paused. “Later, then. Give her a chance to rest. Then she'll be more help.” Zoe politely ended the call and turned in apology to Julia. “You will have to talk with him at some point. First, though, you need to call ...
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Contents
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| 9 | |
| 29 | |
Chapter Three | 48 |
Chapter Four | 63 |
Chapter Five | 77 |
Chapter Six | 89 |
Chapter Seven | 104 |
Chapter Twelve | 180 |
Chapter Thirteen | 199 |
Chapter Fourteen | 216 |
Chapter Fifteen | 232 |
Chapter Sixteen | 251 |
Chapter Seventeen | 270 |
Chapter Eighteen | 284 |
Chapter Nineteen | 299 |
Chapter Eight | 122 |
Chapter Nine | 138 |
Chapter Ten | 148 |
Chapter Eleven | 165 |
Chapter Twenty | 318 |
Chapter TwentyOne | 332 |
Epilogue | 347 |
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Page 345 - True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
Page 1 - An elegant lady, she ran a proud thirty-eight feet of mahogany and oak, from the graceful upward sweep of her bow, down her foredeck to the wheelhouse, and, on a straight and simple plane, back to her stern. True to the axiom that Maine lobstermen treat their boats with the same care as their wives, the Amelia Celeste had been doted on by Matthew Crane in much the...
Page 1 - ... lighter and faster. Matthew didn't need speed. He lived by the belief that life was about the "doing," not the "done." As for gaining a few miles to the gallon with a lighter boat, he felt that in a business where no two days were alike, where the seas could change in a matter...
Page 240 - I would never have forgiven myself if anything had happened to you,
Page 147 - And Yumcrunch? Both these things are in my room at the moment and I don't for the life of me know what to do with them. They're American.