This is the question that haunts Julia Bechtel, Noah Prine, and Kim Colella, the only survivors of a terrible boating accident off the coast of Maine that claimed the lives of nine other people.
Julia, a forty-year-old wife and mother, has always taken the path of least resistance. Pigeonholed by her controlling family and increasingly distant husband as "loyal" and "obedient," she realizes in the aftermath of her brush with death that there is more to her -- and to the world around her -- than she ever imagined.
Feeling strangely connected to Noah, the divorced, brooding lobsterman who helped save her life, and to Kim, a twenty-one-year-old whose role in the accident and subsequent muteness are a mystery, Julia begins to explore the unique possibilities offered by the quiet island of Big Sawyer, Maine. Suddenly, things that once seemed critical lose significance, and things that seemed inconsequential take on a whole new importance. With each passing moment, each new discovery, Julia grows more sure that after coming face-to-face with death, she must have more from life.
Resolving to make things right for the future and drawing on an inner strength she never knew she possessed, Julia passionately awakens to a new world, fearlessly embracing uncertainties in a way she couldn't have imagined only a few weeks ago.
Set in a beautifully rendered island off the coast of Maine, where lobstermen leave with the tides each morning to haul and reset their traps, and neighbors gather each night to feast on the catch of the day, Barbara Delinsky's The Summer I Dared is a deeply moving story of the risky but rewarding search for self, a story of survival, and of the irrepressibleability of the human spirit to rebound from disaster and to create life anew.
Genre: Romance
Julia, a forty-year-old wife and mother, has always taken the path of least resistance. Pigeonholed by her controlling family and increasingly distant husband as "loyal" and "obedient," she realizes in the aftermath of her brush with death that there is more to her -- and to the world around her -- than she ever imagined.
Feeling strangely connected to Noah, the divorced, brooding lobsterman who helped save her life, and to Kim, a twenty-one-year-old whose role in the accident and subsequent muteness are a mystery, Julia begins to explore the unique possibilities offered by the quiet island of Big Sawyer, Maine. Suddenly, things that once seemed critical lose significance, and things that seemed inconsequential take on a whole new importance. With each passing moment, each new discovery, Julia grows more sure that after coming face-to-face with death, she must have more from life.
Resolving to make things right for the future and drawing on an inner strength she never knew she possessed, Julia passionately awakens to a new world, fearlessly embracing uncertainties in a way she couldn't have imagined only a few weeks ago.
Set in a beautifully rendered island off the coast of Maine, where lobstermen leave with the tides each morning to haul and reset their traps, and neighbors gather each night to feast on the catch of the day, Barbara Delinsky's The Summer I Dared is a deeply moving story of the risky but rewarding search for self, a story of survival, and of the irrepressibleability of the human spirit to rebound from disaster and to create life anew.
Genre: Romance
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Hardback Editions
April 2006 : Hardback
| Title: The Summer I Dared (Charnwood Large Print) Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 1-84617-231-4 / 9781846172311 (UK edition) Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Summer I Dared Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 0-7432-5730-8 / 978-0-7432-5730-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2004 : Hardback
| Title: The Summer I Dared (Thorndike Basic) Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 0-7862-6516-7 / 978-0-7862-6516-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2004 : Hardback
| Title: The Summer I Dared: A Novel Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 0-7432-4643-8 / 978-0-7432-4643-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Scribner Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2004 : Hardback
| Title: The Summer I Dared Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 0-7432-5997-1 / 978-0-7432-5997-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Scribner Book Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2004 : Hardback
| Title: Summer I Dared Large Print Author(s): Delinsky Barbara ISBN: 0-7394-4371-2 / 978-0-7394-4371-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Scribners, New York Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
May 2011 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Summer I Dared: A Novel Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 1-4516-4842-1 / 978-1-4516-4842-3 Publisher: Pocket Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Summer I Dared Author(s): Barbara Delinsky Publisher: Pocket Books 2011-05-31 Availability: Amazon More details... |
May 2007 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Summer I Dared: A Novel Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 1-4165-4804-1 / 978-1-4165-4804-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Pocket Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2005 : Paperback
| Title: The Summer I Dared Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 0-7434-8961-6 / 978-0-7434-8961-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Pocket Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2005 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Summer I Dared: A Novel Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 0-7434-6985-2 / 978-0-7434-6985-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Pocket Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2005 : Paperback
| Title: The Summer I Dared PB (Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers) Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 1-59413-078-7 / 9781594130786 (USA edition) Publisher: Large Print Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2004 : Paperback
| Title: The Summer I Dared Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 0-7432-6226-3 / 978-0-7432-6226-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
April 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: The Summer I Dared Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 0-7435-6947-4 / 978-0-7435-6947-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2004 : Audio CD
| Title: The Summer I Dared (Delinsky, Barbara) Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 0-7435-3593-6 / 978-0-7435-3593-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2004 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Summer I Dared Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 0-7435-3592-8 / 978-0-7435-3592-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
2004 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Summer I Dared Author(s): Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 1-4025-9602-2 / 978-1-4025-9602-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
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May 2004 : Kindle edition
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