{"product_id":"still-summer-jacquelyn-mitchard-9780446696739","title":"Still Summer","description":"Mitchard's \u003ci\u003eStill Summer\u003c\/i\u003e plunges into terror \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By Carol Memmott, \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Secure your life preserver. Tie yourself to the mast. It's late August, but it's still summer, and Jacquelyn Mitchard is taking you on a thrill ride you won't forget. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mitchard made her mark in the literary world in 1996 when \u003ci\u003eThe Deep End of the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e was chosen as the first pick for Oprah Winfrey's now-legendary book club. Since then, she has written six other novels, but none matches the suspenseful pitch of \u003ci\u003eStill Summer.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's a tale of terror on the high seas, but this is no \u003ci\u003ePirates of the Caribbean \u003c\/i\u003ewannabe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers know something terrible is going to happen, but Mitchard ratchets up the suspense by allowing her story to unfold at a leisurely pace. She painstakingly fleshes out her characters, because as readers will discover, their temperaments and personalities are as crucial to the story as the mounting disasters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tracy Kyle, Holly Solvig and Olivia Montefalco, lifelong friends in their early 40s, charter a yacht and two-man crew for a sailing vacation that will take them from St. Thomas to Grenada. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The trip starts out as an innocent adventure in paradise until two accidents in quick succession strand the women without their crew. What else can go wrong? In a word, everything. The engine conks out, the sails are torn, lack of electricity spoils their food and limits their drinking water - and then there's the injury to Holly's leg. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nature's fury, murderous drug dealers and, possibly most deadly of all, their own frailties and secrets are added to the list. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers will wring their hands with frustration, weep with sadness and second-guess the choices these women make. But since characters must do the bidding of the authors who create them, we can only sit back - or sit on the edge of our seats - and let Mitchard's terror-filled tale wash over us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacquelyn Mitchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0446696730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780446696739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.05h x 5.23w x 0.90d","brand":"Jacquelyn Mitchard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919782281471,"sku":"9780446696739","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_25bfef31-e334-47ce-bf51-44c83c8916d6.jpg?v=1680811878","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/still-summer-jacquelyn-mitchard-9780446696739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}