Barefoot
Subtitle: a novel
By: Elin Hilderbrand.
Edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. ed.
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780316018593
Subjects: Female friendship -- Fiction.; Escape (Psychology) -- Fiction.; Vacations -- Fiction.; Summer -- Fiction.; Nantucket (Mass.) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Three women arrive at the local airport, observed by Josh, a Nantucket native home from college for the summer. Burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues, the women-- two sisters and one friend--make their way to the sisters' tiny cottage, inherited from an aunt. They're all trying to escape from something: Melanie, after seven failed in-vitro attempts, learned her husband was having an affair, and then discovered she's pregnant; Brenda embarked on a passionate affair with an older student that got her fired from her prestigious job as a professor in New York; and her sister Vicki, mother to two small boys, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. Soon Josh is part of the chaotic household, acting as babysitter, confidant, and, eventually, lover" -- from publisher's web site.