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Remember Last Summer
Time is running out…
For Kristen Carrington, life has not been easy. Still reeling from a bitter divorce, she is finally starting to move forward when the unthinkable happens.
Kristen is diagnosed with an incurable form of heart disease. Unless she receives a heart transplant, the doctors say she will be dead within the year.
With summer vacation fast approaching, Kristen enlists the help of her thrice-divorced sister, Jackie. She packs-up her two teenage daughters, Alison and Emily, and together they drive to an old family beach house on the shores of Sunset Cove, Michigan. It’s here that Kristen hopes to reconnect with her girls, while at the same time building memories that will live on long after she's gone.
But the beach house is in a ramshackle state of disrepair – the paint is peeling, the shutters are hanging off, and there’s no television or internet, much to the despair of sixteen-year-old Alison. But Kristin is determined to bring her emotionally fractured family back together.
And there, over one memorable summer, Kristen and her girls embark on an emotional journey that will raise them to the heights of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery, as well as plunging them into the dark depths of heartache and despair.
Will Kristin be able to open her heart again? And more importantly, will she be able to bring her fractured family back together before time runs out…?
Reminiscent of Nicholas Sparks, Remember Last Summer will have you reaching for a tissue, whilst praying for a miracle.
For Kristen Carrington, life has not been easy. Still reeling from a bitter divorce, she is finally starting to move forward when the unthinkable happens.
Kristen is diagnosed with an incurable form of heart disease. Unless she receives a heart transplant, the doctors say she will be dead within the year.
With summer vacation fast approaching, Kristen enlists the help of her thrice-divorced sister, Jackie. She packs-up her two teenage daughters, Alison and Emily, and together they drive to an old family beach house on the shores of Sunset Cove, Michigan. It’s here that Kristen hopes to reconnect with her girls, while at the same time building memories that will live on long after she's gone.
But the beach house is in a ramshackle state of disrepair – the paint is peeling, the shutters are hanging off, and there’s no television or internet, much to the despair of sixteen-year-old Alison. But Kristin is determined to bring her emotionally fractured family back together.
And there, over one memorable summer, Kristen and her girls embark on an emotional journey that will raise them to the heights of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery, as well as plunging them into the dark depths of heartache and despair.
Will Kristin be able to open her heart again? And more importantly, will she be able to bring her fractured family back together before time runs out…?
Reminiscent of Nicholas Sparks, Remember Last Summer will have you reaching for a tissue, whilst praying for a miracle.
394 pages, Paperback
First published August 25, 2016
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February 6, 2017
Remember Last Summer opens with the author’s own views about when someone has found a place in your heart. I like his view and the way he has incorporates this throughout the book.
The story itself opens with Kristen, the main character, in a hospital room being dumbfounded regarding a serious diagnosis she had just been given. The rest of the story revolves around how she comes to terms with her chronic condition, how she deals with it, and how she tells those closest to her. She has two daughters Emily aged 12 Alison aged 16. She also has a sister Jackie who is younger than her.
Kristen decides that she wants to spend one last summer at a summer house called Sand Castle by Lake Michigan that Jackie and she used to stay at as kids. She wants to give her girls a ‘summer to remember’.
I really liked this book and love the author’s style of writing. David had me hooked from the opening line to the very end. I am sure that parts of the book will stay with me for some time, so thank you David.
A powerful, emotionally charged novel, that makes you realise just how precious life is.
Reviewed by Marcia on www.whisperingstories.com
The story itself opens with Kristen, the main character, in a hospital room being dumbfounded regarding a serious diagnosis she had just been given. The rest of the story revolves around how she comes to terms with her chronic condition, how she deals with it, and how she tells those closest to her. She has two daughters Emily aged 12 Alison aged 16. She also has a sister Jackie who is younger than her.
Kristen decides that she wants to spend one last summer at a summer house called Sand Castle by Lake Michigan that Jackie and she used to stay at as kids. She wants to give her girls a ‘summer to remember’.
I really liked this book and love the author’s style of writing. David had me hooked from the opening line to the very end. I am sure that parts of the book will stay with me for some time, so thank you David.
A powerful, emotionally charged novel, that makes you realise just how precious life is.
Reviewed by Marcia on www.whisperingstories.com
October 2, 2017
Very beautiful story and you are going to need a lot of Kleenex until you reach the end. I enjoyed and recommend.
September 19, 2016
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC for my honest review.
This was a hard book to get through due to the emotional content, but well done to the author on the story telling and well written book. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
This was a hard book to get through due to the emotional content, but well done to the author on the story telling and well written book. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
October 29, 2016
Great Read!
This was such a heart -warming story about love, family, and how fragile life is. This touched me deeply. What a wild ride it takes you on. I highly recommend this book!
This was such a heart -warming story about love, family, and how fragile life is. This touched me deeply. What a wild ride it takes you on. I highly recommend this book!
October 5, 2016
You will need your tissues for this book. Loved it makes you remember what the important things in this life are. Brilliant.
October 3, 2016
Good book.
I thought the book was very good, and it is all written. It touched my heart, and made me cry.
I thought the book was very good, and it is all written. It touched my heart, and made me cry.
January 21, 2026
Good storyline...
This was a good storyline, & I got a surprise at the end - good or bad is up to the reader.
I had a few issues, firstly, most importantly, a person on a transplant list would not do a good portion of the things Kristen did, because it would not have been allowed. The author, I felt, made light of the seriousness of the gift of any organ - much less one in which the donor's life is over. I have a friend that was on a heart transplant wait list for over 5 years & he remembers & acknowledges his donor's birthday & his own rebirth day. Please remember that organ donation is a precious gift, never to be taken lightly.
Now for the "light/nit picky" stuff.
There were several instances of misused words, & even non-existent words, I imagine that is on editing.
Some of the actions the characters take kind of threw me, until I realized a man was writing from a woman's perspective. Mostly he did okay, but certain things are actions very few females would take.
I enjoyed the overall story, but having to re-read sentences because of word usages takes away from the enjoyment.
This was a good storyline, & I got a surprise at the end - good or bad is up to the reader.
I had a few issues, firstly, most importantly, a person on a transplant list would not do a good portion of the things Kristen did, because it would not have been allowed. The author, I felt, made light of the seriousness of the gift of any organ - much less one in which the donor's life is over. I have a friend that was on a heart transplant wait list for over 5 years & he remembers & acknowledges his donor's birthday & his own rebirth day. Please remember that organ donation is a precious gift, never to be taken lightly.
Now for the "light/nit picky" stuff.
There were several instances of misused words, & even non-existent words, I imagine that is on editing.
Some of the actions the characters take kind of threw me, until I realized a man was writing from a woman's perspective. Mostly he did okay, but certain things are actions very few females would take.
I enjoyed the overall story, but having to re-read sentences because of word usages takes away from the enjoyment.
April 28, 2023
3.5 stars.
I really enjoyed the book, but there were a few things that bothered me. I wished there had been closure with both the men in Kristen's life. I felt that, after describing what they ate for almost every meal, that the ending came very quickly. I also felt that, for someone with her health condition, the main character did a lot of things she shouldn't have.
I really enjoyed the book, but there were a few things that bothered me. I wished there had been closure with both the men in Kristen's life. I felt that, after describing what they ate for almost every meal, that the ending came very quickly. I also felt that, for someone with her health condition, the main character did a lot of things she shouldn't have.
July 2, 2018
Good
Good morning night game I had just had don’t had any good game but I just got game of game love it
Good morning night game I had just had don’t had any good game but I just got game of game love it
November 25, 2019
EXCELLANT BOOK!
July 10, 2020
Absolutely a good read. It couldn’t have come at a better time.
I loved how the storyline put you in the book as if you were one of its characters. Brilliant Author for doing so.
I loved how the storyline put you in the book as if you were one of its characters. Brilliant Author for doing so.
Did Not Finish
November 3, 2016Didn't finish because of the language, but it seemed to be shaping up into an amazing book other than that. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind cussing.
~Kellyn Roth, Reveries Reviews
~Kellyn Roth, Reveries Reviews
January 14, 2017
Very emotional story.
This story is full of ups & downs. It pulls you in as you learn to care about the characters & the trails they face. I enjoyed the story very much as I felt for the characters & hoped it would end well.
This story is full of ups & downs. It pulls you in as you learn to care about the characters & the trails they face. I enjoyed the story very much as I felt for the characters & hoped it would end well.
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