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One Summer

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Published
June 2011
Publisher
Hachette Digital, Inc.
Pages
352
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci comes a moving family drama about learning to love again after heartbreak and loss.

ONE SUMMER

It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to live, he spends his last days preparing to say goodbye to his devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again: Lizzie is killed in a car accident. With no one able to care for them, the children are separated from each other and sent to live with family members around the country. Just when all seems lost, Jack begins to recover in a miraculous turn of events. He rises from what should have been his deathbed, determined to bring his fractured family back together. Struggling to rebuild their lives after Lizzie's death, he reunites everyone at Lizzie's childhood home on the oceanfront in South Carolina. And there, over one unforgettable summer, Jack will begin to learn to love again, and he and his children will learn how to become a family once more.

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from Bookreporter.com - Melanie Smith

Review: One Summer

On his death bed, Jack Armstrong prepares to leave his family in the care of his loving wife, Lizzie, when the unthinkable happens: Lizzie is killed in a car accident, just days from her husband's expected demise. Her vehicle had been mangled in her rush to get the medications that relieve Jack of his agonizing throes. Their children are met with this news by a policeman on their own doorstep and ...

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Olivia Haynes - January 19, 2013

Fantastic, must read!!

I bought the actual paperback and it is an amazing book. The story line is great! I'm currently on chapter 55!

 
Marie Ohanesian Nardin (Goodreads)

Review: One Summer

This is my first Baldacci read; found it at the airport and since it was one of the "Top 5" that week I grabbed it before catching a very long flight. That was more than a month ago and I've just ...

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Emily (Goodreads)

Review: One Summer

I rarely write reviews for books on GoodReads because it Is usually a waste of my time. No one cares what i have to say and I don't have many friends who use the network as often as I do. But this ...

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About the Author

David Baldacci was born in Richmond, Virginia on August 5, 1960. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia. He practiced law in Washington D.C. as a trial and corporate lawyer. His first novel, Absolute Power, was published in 1996. It won Britain's prestigious W.H. Smith's Thumping Good Read award for fiction in 1997 and was adapted as a movie starring Clint Eastwood. His other works include Total Control, The Winner, Simple Truth, Saving Faith, One Summer, Zero Day, and The Innocent. He writes numerous series including Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, Freddy and the French Fries, and the Camel Club. He also published a novella entitled Office Hours and has authored five original screenplays. His title,The Hit, made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2013.