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    One Summer

    Written by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy and Ron McLarty

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    From #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci comes a moving family drama about learning to love again after heartbreak and loss.

    ONE SUMMER

    It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to live, he spends his last days preparing to say goodbye to his devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again: Lizzie is killed in a car accident. With no one able to care for them, the children are separated from each other and sent to live with family members around the country. Just when all seems lost, Jack begins to recover in a miraculous turn of events. He rises from what should have been his deathbed, determined to bring his fractured family back together. Struggling to rebuild their lives after Lizzie's death, he reunites everyone at Lizzie's childhood home on the oceanfront in South Carolina. And there, over one unforgettable summer, Jack will begin to learn to love again, and he and his children will learn how to become a family once more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateJun 14, 2011
    ISBN9781609413002
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    One Summer
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    David Baldacci

    David Baldacci is one of the world’s bestselling and favourite thriller writers. A former trial lawyer with a keen interest in world politics, he has specialist knowledge in the US political system and intelligence services, and his first book, Absolute Power, became an instant international bestseller, with the movie starring Clint Eastwood a major box office hit. He has since written more than forty bestsellers featuring Amos Decker, Aloysius Archer, Atlee Pine and John Puller. David is also the co-founder, along with his wife, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across the US. Trust him to take you to the action.

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    • 4/5
      Parts of this story were not realistic, but the interactions between characters was very realistic and touching. I listened to the audio version and was brought to tears several times. This was different than the usual Baldacci, but in some ways it was very much his usual character. His heroes are indeed barely believable in their abilities and they have core goodness. Here we have the same type of man.

      If you are looking for the usual intrigue and action, this will not be for you. I've liked Baldacci's characters and their values. I love his writing and wanted to see what this change-up was about. I enjoyed the working out of relationships that took place. Baldacci can use only a few words to get across very intense emotion. I was surprised by how a couple of sentences could so move me.

      So, this is a good people story and not heavy on action. It's well done, in my opinion.
    • 4/5
      This book is a departure from David Baldacci's usual genre. It is a book about love and loss, and about how to move on after a loss. There are many plot twists--the first of which is terminally ill Jack Armstrong returning to health to be able to be a single parent to his three children (after thinking that he would be leaving his wife to raise their family. She is killed in a freak accident on a snowy night.) Most of the plot points are resolved, but some seem to just hang there. Miki and Tiffany go at it several times within the novel, but after the talent contest, Tiffany just sort of disappears (as does Blake). I actually expected Tiffany to be upset that Miki and Liam upstaged her moment of glory in winning her fourth talent contest in a row and to try to retaliate in some way. Also, at one point, it is mentioned that Sammy started dating Ann Bethune, but nothing more seems to be said about that relationship either.
    • 3/5
      If you are looking for a good beach read, this would fit the bill. I enjoyed it, but it is predictable. I've never read any of Baldacci's other novels, but I understand this one is quite different from what he usually writes. This book is the story of a family who suffers tragedy in an unexpected way, a tragedy that leaves the remaining family members to make new lives both together and apart.
    • 5/5
      The story of a man who was miraculously healed from an always fatal disease, while at the same time losing his wife in a fatal car wreck. It tells how he and his three children cope with the situation which was made worse by his mother-in-law. Heartbreaking, yet jobful aat the same tim.
    • 4/5
      one summer by David BaldacciJack is on his deathbed, but his wife dies and the kids are sent to other homes.In SC he gets better and rejoins all the kids to be a family again.Jack returned from the war with many medals is a construction worker and after he had worked 3 hours he was getting pains in his back, legs, all over.The doctors told him 6 months if he was lucky. They were in Ohio where her family had moved to due to her dads' job relocation.Jack was getting worse, on oxygen and taking pain meds.3 kids and he's not sure how they are going to handle his severe illness.He's written Lizzie letters, numbered, one for the last weeks of his life.Lizzie wants to spend one summer at the Palace, her summer home and Jack thought her and the kids would enjoy it.Lizzie leaves to get his meds at the pharmcy, roads are icy and next he's awake and cops are telling him she's dead.Lot of changes occur when he's in the nursing home when his daughter smiles at him. He does recover and nobody has a clue as to why.He collects the kids and bring them all to live in Cleveland, Ohio and they will summer at the Palace, that he can fix up. Lizzie's lighthouse is on the property also.Lizzie's grandmother who had just passed away had left a note with her lawyer for Jack when he showed up with the kids.Life of living at the beach and the everyday chores and parties, sand angels, all this brings back nice memories.
    • 5/5
      This is my first time reading David Baldacci and it won't be my last. I enjoyed this book a lot. It was difficult to put it down. It kept my interest throughout the book. I sort of guessed how it would end, but it's the way that it ended. It's a sad book and a feel good book. Happy I finally got around to reading it.
    • 3/5
      Nice, loving book. Not so sweet your teeth hurt but a good story.
    • 2/5
      This was my first book by David Baldacci, although it was an easy read it didn't thrill me or excite me but it did keep me interested enough to finish it.
    • 3/5
      Really unsure about this. Good story, but at times tended to be morbid
    • 4/5
      Just finished "One Summer" by David Baldacci. It was a good book, not what I was expecting. It was bittersweet, filed with a book full of corny moments but also heartwarming prose divided between final letters and present reactions. I do recomendation it, however it won't be for everyone. Baldacci was surly channeling Nicholas Sparks.
    • 2/5
      Not anywhere near as well done as his other books
    • 1/5
      "As the Stomach Turns"--daytime soap opera. That's what this book feels like. After the initial draw of an unexpected death, the survivor deals with children, relationships and drama. There was no mystery, no murder, no fun. Just the ongoing family reconstruction. The supposed plot twists were just like limp asparagus. I put it in the category of DNF.
    • 3/5
      It is Christmas and Jack Armstrong is lying on his deathbed hoping to make it long enough to spend the holiday with his wife and children. The tragedy worsens when Jack’s wife is suddenly killed in a car accident. He blames himself as he watches his children dispersed to various relatives and he enters a hospice. Miraculously, he begins to fight the disease ravaging his body and, against all odds, beats it. Now he has to face life as a single father.

      I suppose even authors deserve a break from the tried and true. Although a heartwarming tale, I definitely prefer Mr. Baldacci’s political thrillers.
    • 2/5
      I was looking for a quick read and came across this. This book is totally what it is....a quick and clich̩d read.

      Pretty much from the start you can predict how things are going to turn around, through every twist and turn, it follows the same theme we have seen with other books. It starts off with a tragedy, the entire family is broken apart and up rooted, there is conflicts and issues with coming to terms with the tragedy and people who think they are doing best for others but ultimately change their mind when a big emergency happens and eventually everyone comes to terms and live happily ever after.

      Honestly, if you are looking for a quick beach read, this will suffice somewhat. It really doesn't dive too deeply into character development...aside from Jack being all angry and stubborn, the children being all emotional and the grandparents super over protective and doing more harm than good. Yep clich̩d characters and clich̩d plots.
    • 4/5
      Unlike Baldacci's usual suspense/thrillers, "One Summer" is an Oprah-type book, almost chick lit. It's about family, grief, death, loss, transitions, coming of age and overcoming adversity. There's even a miracle or two thrown in. It's quite predictable, but also very effective. I listened to it while mowing the grass with the loud, gasoline mower. Tears were running down my face while I worked. Sure, it's soap opera stuff, but Baldacci can really tell a story.
    • 5/5
      Although I knew the name David Baldacci up until this book i've never read anything by him. I know this isn't his typical genre of novels (he's primarally a crime/thriller writer) That being said, I was recommened this book and decided to bring it with me to read on the plane on the way to vacation. This book was awesome, it was heartbreaking and tragic, and the roller coaster ride keeps going throughout the whole book. Tragedy strikes within the first couple pages and the book continues to pull at your heart strings throughout the rest of the book as well.I don't ever cry from reading books for whatever reason, (although I am a super emotional person and cry at almost everything I watch on TV) so I don't know why books don't get me to that point. That being said my eyes burned and welled up quite a few times while reading this book, it's extremely emotional and it's an emotion that everyone who's ever lost someone they cared about can relate too.The characters are well-developed and I enjoyed them all. The plot moved along quickly and I never found myself bored with the story, in fact I felt like I flew through the pages. The only reason this book didn't get a 5 star rating from me was because I felt like at times the plot was too predictable, and there was too much drama, like too many bad things happened to this family that it started to feel forced and not genuine.
    • 3/5
      This was a different sort of Baldacci book and it was good but seemed, somehow, a little too organized and convenient as the story progressed, Just as the letters were presented, so was the story, pieces that all fit together a little too easily so that the reader could figure out exactly where we were going but at the same time with all most too much in the way of dramatic episodes to move it along.
    • 3/5
      Nothing special but a fine, light read
    • 4/5
      This novel is so unlike Baldacci's thrillers that we are accustomed to, but it is a welcome change for me. As an audiobook McClarty and Cassidy embraced the listeners by making me want to hear more every day I was in my car. Quite often when I am listening to a book I find that my attention does have a tendency to wander, but I don't think that happened once, and if I happened to miss something I had to rewind it to make sure I didn't miss a thing!Jack is terminally ill with three children that need parental guidance at home. Knowing his time on earth is limited, he agrees with his mother-in-law as he watches his children being separated to live with various family members, while he lies alone in a hospice center just waiting to take his last breath. He ends up spending a lot of time in the hospice center when he not only lives longer than expected, but suddenly seems to recover. When he is finally given a clean bill of health months after his admittance, the doctors are amazed at the miracle that Jack seems to have spun.At the hesitance of his family members, Jack is able to get his kids back together again and living with him. Not long after their reunion, when life seems to be getting back to some form of normalcy, the kids maternal great-grandmother passes away and leave a South Carolina beach home to Jack and his family. Jack is surprised that he was chosen to inherit this piece of property, but as a carpenter she figured that Jack is the one who would give the home the care that it needed.So Jack, his kids, and his best friend Sammy, pack up all of their belongings to go investigate the beach property, that the family has always called 'The Castle'. When they arrive at the castle they are astonished to find The Castle is basically a dilapidated beach house, but the kids have hope that this will not be their permanent residence. Although things look rough on the surface, Jack sees the beautiful home that this could be once again.A lot happens to Jack and his family during that summer at The Castle. For a bit Jack seems to lose himself in the construction projects, while his kids drift further away from him. When he finally realizes that his priorities are out of whack they all make some changes that bring them back to a family level. The only problem is that it may be too late for these changes.This was a great audiobook, one that I think I enjoyed more than if I had actually read it. With themes of love, miracles, and family obligations, you will want to hear every word that is spoken. I do not hesitate in recommending this selection in the audioversion.
    • 2/5
      This is David Baldacci? I don't know why he ventured into this genre, but he needs more practice if he's going to get it right. The story was completely predictable and yet unbelievable. The series of letters felt like it was just there to manipulate your emotions; pull out the hankies. By the end of the book I didn't have the feeling I knew the characters, but then again, there really wasn't any reason to want to know them. If you want a mindless beach read, this is a good choice - easy to read and it won't matter if you fall asleep over pages, you won't miss anything.
    • 5/5
      This is a great beach read to finish out the summer with.Jack Armstrong is dying of a terminal disease. He is determined to live through Christmas so he can spend one last Christmas with his loving wife, Lizzie and his three children, Mikki, Cory, and Jackie. Jack writes a collection of letters for Lizzie, to be found after his death. Right before Christmas, Lizzie is killed in a car accident while picking up prescriptions for Jack. Lizzie's parents come to make arrangements which include putting Jack in a hospice facility and farming the boys, Cory and Jackie, out to their aunts while they take their teenage granddaughter, Mikki to Arizona. Jack is left alone to die in a strange place.Then the unthinkable happens. Jack begins to show improvement and miraculously recovers. Some might think this is far fetched but go with it here. You'll be glad in the end you did. After a stint in rehab, he rebuilds his life and brings his children back home. They become a family once again but there are troubles to be had. Mikki is an angry teenager, Cory is having problems in school and little Jackie proves to be a handful.When Jack inherits Lizzie's childhood home on South Carolina's beachfront, he packs up the family and moves there. Life is not much easier there. Jack revisits the letters he wrote to Lizzie to try and make sense of it all. Jack feels the need to reconnect with Lizzie any way he can.The storyline was very fast moving and I had a hard time putting the book down. I found this book to be full the miracles of hope, love and family. There were many twists and turns in the story. Life can change on a dime and those changes can be quite unexpected.I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The descriptions of the South Carolina were stunning. I could almost hear the crashing waves and feel the sand between my toes. The characters were well developed and I felt as though I knew them all, including the ones I was not fond of.I have not read any books by David Baldacci and I understand this is not his usual type of book. I for one, am glad he broke away from his usual writings and gave us this little gem of a book.
    • 4/5
      One Summer is a complete departure from David Baldacci's normal political thriller, action adventures. It is a romance, some would call it chick-lit, but it is every bit as well written as his other stuff. It was a pleasant summer read, and fit right in with my cozy summer reading theme.Essentially, it's the story of a terminally ill man whose wife is killed on Christmas eve. His children are ripped from his deathbed by his mother-in-law who sells the family home to pay for his care, and he is left to die alone. Then a miraculous recovery and an unexpected inheritance allow him the chance to reunite his family, rebuild his relationships with his children, and find a new friendship that has definite romantic possibilities. The family interactons are realistic even if the plot is a bit far-fetched. I suppose every summer romance has to have a happy ending, even if we are left to imagine the future of many of the characters. The positive possibilities for each were there.I "ear-read" this one thanks to a review copy from Hachette Audio. It's a favorite format for me. I've listened to several other Baldacci books in audio that also had Ron McLarty as the narrator. He has a clear voice, and terrific inflection, but I found it disconcerting to have this voice who is usually relating white-knuckle suspense to be telling a story of love lost and found. I also disliked the music. I'm not sure why audio book producers feel they have to make 'productions' out of book readings. A good narrator should be able to give us the story. I don't need background music to set the tone or scene in a printed book, and I find it distracting in an audio book. I want the author's words to set the tone, not some heart-string pulling music (if I closed my eyes at one point, I'd have expected to open them to see angels descending with harps!)
    • 4/5
      An excellent book that you won't want to put down (I read it in 1 day). Not a "typical" David Baldacci book. A story of lives on the edge and recovery; about a family rebuilding itself. The characters come alive (they almost jump off the page) and the story seems so real.
    • 1/5
      I have always enjoyed David Baldacci, but I feel someone else wrote this. The story is a compelling story about a man with a terminal illness hoping to last until Christmas for the sake of his wife and 3 children. But instead of the man dying, the wife is killed in a car accident and the children are shipped off to 3 different relatives, as the man is condemned to hospice. I have read many stories of the Christmas miracle, but this story lacked depth and feeling. I felt that I was reading a book written and for adolescents, and not adult fiction. I was greatly disappointed in this novel.
    • 5/5
      I received this audiobook for review from Hachette Audio. I did not receive any compensation for my review, and the views expressed herein are my own.I should preface this review by saying that this is not the type of book that I normally pick up, but the synopsis was very appealing to me and I thought that this would make a perfect summer read!This is a heartbreaking love story, and you will be in tears as you read this! Jack Armstrong, a young married man in his mid-30s with three children, is dying of a terminal disease. As his family prepares for his death, the unthinkable happens – Jack’s wife, Lizzie, is killed in an automobile accident. If that wasn’t bad enough, his in-laws take the children away from their father to live across the country. And if THAT wasn’t bad enough, they split the children up with the eldest child staying with their maternal grandparents and the two younger ones living with each maternal aunt. Can a protagonist be any more tragic? He loses his wife and his children in one fell swoop. Left to die alone without the comfort of his children, Jack is taken into a hospice facility to live-out his remaining days.The miraculous happens and, instead of dying, Jack gets better! He improves gradually and is moved to a rehabilitative facility to regain the use of and strengthen his atrophied muscles. Wanting desperately to reunite his family is what drives this man to overcome the odds.Baldacci is a new-to-me author, and I loved this book! This is one of those books that you read with a lump in your throat and an ache in your chest, with wet Kleenexes strewn about, and a tear-streaked face. I couldn’t help but imagine myself in a similar situation and how devastating it would be to lose my husband and be separated from my children! Talk about an unbearable situation!Baldacci’s prose is beautiful and touching, especially as he reads the lovely letters that he had written to his wife for her to read after his death. Oh my, you cannot help but be moved to tears!The message that Baldacci leaves the reader with is that love transcends all, and it is not limited to time or space or even life. We all need to be reminded of this from time to time, and anyone who has lost a loved one will find comfort in this poignant novel. So, it isn’t just about loss and grief, but also about love and life and healing.This is also my first audiobook with Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy as narrators. I enjoyed having the two narrators, McLarty as Jack and other male characters and Cassidy as Lizzie and other female characters. Both narrators gave unique characteristics to each person, so it was easy to differentiate between them all. The narration was superb, and rich with emotion. I felt as though I was watching a play with my eyes closed, and I was completely captivated by their voices. I was surprised that some instrumental interludes were added to the reading, and it did have the desired dramatic effect.I loved One Summer, and I plan to read more of Baldacci!MY RATING: 5 stars!! I loved it, and I highly recommend it!! Thank you, Hachette Audio!
    • 2/5
      Love stories are not my thing. While the writing is straightforward and professional, I found the tone of the story slightly patronizing. Dialogue seemed contrived. Characters are just too dang perfect. Of course, a story about true, great love can only go in one wholesome direction. There is no intrigue in story where happiness is so predictable. The odds that this family overcome are fantastic. Yet there is never any doubt they will truimph. At the end, though, I didn't care because I never connected to them. One Summer is a prime example of why I should not stray from thriller/horror genre. That makes me a very lopsided reader with no real range, but its all for my own entertainment anyway. I can understand why some people are drawn to the novel. David Baldacci is an accomplished writer and there is a story told from start to finish, with a set cast of characters (who in my opinion, lack depth and certainly fail to grow). But I need more action, adventure or evil to entertain me.
    • 4/5
      Jack is dying, he has accepted his fate and is preparing to leave his family behind. He promises his wife he will make it to Christmas for her and the kids. Christmas Eve the unthinkable happens. This is a great story about the strength of family and the bonds of love. I really enjoyed this book.
    • 4/5
      It's nearly Christmas and Jack is in bed dying of an incurable disease while his wife and 3 children try to make the best of it. A tragedy is followed by a miracle ; Jack and the children end up at a beach house in South Carolina trying to make a new life. This is good light reading.
    • 4/5
      A real tear-jerker. Definitely a godd summer beach read.
    • 3/5
      Balducci has strayed from his usual formula of legal thrillers to publish One Summer. This slightly mawkish novel of tragedy and love pulls at the heartstrings from the first pages. Jack, a war veteran, is confined to his bed, struggling to stay alive just a few more days to spend Christmas with his wife and children. But in a tragic twist of fate, it is Lizzie, Jack's beloved wife who dies while Jack miraculously recovers from his terminal illness. In honour of his late wife, Jack takes his three children to spend the summer at her childhood home, where they must learn to live without her.I couldn't resist the premise for this novel because stories of triumph over tragedy are always appealing. I think it's because they help me keep my comparably petty worries in perspective. Balducci covers the breadth of tragedy in this novel - a dying young war hero, child abandonment, a tragic accidental death, an arrest, a custody battle, a near drowning... the Armstrong family are besieged by adversity. The plot reads like a condensed season of a soap opera, and is as oddly compelling. The lows, of course, enhance the highs - a miracle recovery, a blossoming relationship, a family reunited, a second chance at love. Balducci shows he is as skilled at manipulating emotion as he is suspense.It's almost impossible to separate the characters from the plot, their situations are designed to immediately elicit sympathy, war hero Jack is as irresistible as his motherless children. Balducci has no qualms in exploiting the natural compassion the reader would feel for any one in a similar plight to ensure an emotional connection.It's literary merit may be dubious but the story flows well and is easy to read. Balducci may well rival Nicholas Sparks in the realm of male written chicklit. One Summer is as corny and melodramatic, as it is inspiring and satisfying.