The Summerhouse

By: Jude Deveraux

Narrated by: Melissa Hughes

Jude Deveraux’s marvelous New York Times bestseller is a touching and delightful exploration of the longings that live deep inside every woman’s heart, featuring three friends who get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to find out what might have been...

Have you ever wanted to rewrite your past?

Three best friends, all with the same birthday, are about to turn forty. Celebrating at a summerhouse in Maine, Leslie Headrick, Madison Appleby, and Ellie Abbott are taking stock of their lives and loves, their wishes and choices. But none of them expect the gift that awaits them at the summerhouse: the chance for each of them to turn their “what-might-have-beens” into reality...

Leslie, a suburban wife and mother, follows the career of a boy who pursued her in college wonders: what if she had chosen differently? Madison dropped a modeling career to help her high school boyfriend recover from an accident, even though he’d jilted her. But what if she had said “no” when her old boyfriend had called? Ellie became a famous novelist, but a bitter divorce wiped out her earnings—and shattered her belief in herself. Why had the “justice” system failed her? And could she prevent its happening the second time around?

Now, a mysterious “Madame Zoya,” offers each of them a chance to relive any three weeks from the past. Will the road not taken prove a better path? Each woman will have to decide for herself as she follows the dream that got away...and each must choose the life that will truly satisfy the heart's deepest longings.

Surprising Story

I enjoyed this story. Held my interest completely. The characters were real and their friendship was very relatable.

Would you change your past.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

It is a romance. But the people in the story could be you and your friend.

What did you like best about this story?

This story makes you think of your own life. If I could change my past, what would I change and when in the past would I go.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Your life touches many, and changes there lives and yours.

Any additional comments?

I have already listened to the story twice. This book I will listen to many times.

Totally delightful

With the exception of the housewife and her husband. You can’t first describe someone one way and then switch the personality so completely at the end. But this was an insightful, heartwarming, fun and clever story, read very, very well. Highly recommend!

Great Story Line

Great story-enjoyed the narrative. Really invested in the characters but felt the end of the story was rushed and wanted to know how they dealt with the changes at the end- it was like all assumptions

favorite

loved it ! could not wait to finish and would read again. #1 in my favorite books