Displaying 1 of 1 2018 Format: Book Author: Brenner, Jamie, 1971- author Title: The husband hour / Jamie Brenner. Publisher, Date: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. Description: 360 pages ; 25 cm Subjects: Widows -- Fiction Grief -- Fiction Motion picture producers and directors -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Mothers and daughters -- Fiction Genre: Domestic fiction Romance fiction LCCN: 2017944469 ISBN: 9780316394901 (hardcover) 9780316449397 (softcover) System Availability: 16 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 16 Control Number: 1645157 Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 14 # System items in: 14 Place Request Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Where is it?' section below. Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Where is it? Summary When a young widow's reclusive life in a charming beach town is interrupted by a surprise visitor, she is forced to reckon with dark secrets about her family, her late husband, and the past she tried to leave behind. Lauren Adelman and her high school sweetheart, Rory Kincaid, are a golden couple. They marry just out of college as Rory, a star hockey player, earns a spot in the NHL. Their future could not look brighter when Rory shocks everyone-Lauren most of all-by enlisting in the U.S. Army. When Rory dies in combat, Lauren is left devastated, alone, and under unbearable public scrutiny. Seeking peace and solitude, Lauren retreats to her family's old beach house on the Jersey Shore. But this summer she's forced to share the house with her overbearing mother and competitive sister. Worse, a stranger making a documentary about Rory tracks her down and persuades her to give him just an hour to talk about her husband. One hour with filmmaker Matt Brio turns into a summer of revelations, surprises, and upheaval. As the days grow shorter and her grief changes shape, Lauren begins to understand the past-and to welcome the future. Suggestions and more Trade Reviews Booklist ReviewBrenner (The Forever Summer, 2017) returns with another sun-soaked, emotional saga. After her NHL-star-turned-Army-Ranger husband, Rory, was killed in Iraq, Lauren Kincaid spent four years isolated at her family's beach house on the Jersey Shore, running 12 miles a day, working at a local restaurant, and avoiding (or possibly wallowing in) grief. Now Lauren's parents, sister, and nephew have descended en masse for the summer, bringing their own worries and upheaval with them. Matt Brio, a documentary filmmaker, wants to tell Rory's story and needs Lauren to fill in the gaps. There's more to the story than public accounts include, more than even Lauren knows, and Matt is scrambling to put it all together before his funding runs out. Secrets are shared, connections are made, and everything falls apart for Lauren and her family before it comes back together. Brenner tackles grief, trust, and family dynamics in this tale about coming to terms with the past in order to move toward the future. Offer it to fans of Elin Hilderbrand and summer beaches.--Moroni, Alene Copyright 2018 Booklist Map It Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
