June 15-17, 2018

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Elin Hilderbrand - The Identicals

Posted April 18, 2018 by

Nantucket Book Festival

When I pulled the library book from the shelf and sand fell into my lap, I knew I had found it - the quintessential beach read. I hesitated to use that word, overused as it is, until I looked it up. "Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class." Yes, it passes the test. The Identicals had me from the opening pages, in a brilliant compare and contrast of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. And that's before I had the pleasure of meeting the twin sisters, Harper and Tabitha, as different and uniquely beautiful as the two islands themselves.