Birdie Burke, seventy-five-years-old,
owns Heart Island. It's been special to her since she was a girl
spending her summers there, but it also holds bad memories. Kate, her
daughter, feels obligated to spend the usual week on the island, but
she's torn between the love and responsibility she feels for her
children and husband, and the responsibility she feels toward Birdie
to be the 'good daughter.' Emily is trapped in an affair with a man
she wants to love, but wonders if she's deluding herself. She does
things she knows are wrong to hold him, but how far must she stray
from being herself?
The book is suspenseful, tracking the
lives of the three ladies as they approach the weekend at Heart
Island. I felt the author built suspense very well moving between the
three characters. The denouement, when it comes, is expected, but the
emotional impact is still sweeping. The end of the book is hard to
put down.
The early chapters move fairly slowly.
Since this is the saga of a dysfunctional family, much back story
needs to be told. The author does this primarily through internal
dialog. This isn't bad, but it does slow the story.
If you're interested in a good beach
read, this is an excellent choice.
I reviewed this book for the Amazon
Vine Program. Heartbroken by Lisa Unger.
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