Don’t do it.  I bought this book after returning from the beach in Martha’s Vineyard this past summer.  I thought it was about girlfriends at the beach…What I didn’t know was that none of the female characters were likable.  I think this is an important hook for any book – likable characters…instead we are presented with the worst of feminine traits – martyr, hysteria, anxiety, selfish…Ughh.

 Honestly I couldn’t get over the beginning when they head to the beach and all hell breaks lose – a child goes missing, cancer illness, pathetic behaviors of so-called “dear” friends…I made myself finish the book in hopes that I might like one of the women, but alas no.  So, please cross this off the Christmas list and replace it with something fantastic like Northern Borders or Broken Music or even another beach read, Gift From the Sea.

Tags: bad, Barefoot, cancer, Elin Hilderbrand, girlfriends, review

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