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Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends. As pillars of their close-knit community, the MacAvoys, Kapenashes, Drakes, and Wheelers are important to their friends and neighbors, and especially to each other. But just before the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- The Chief: Nickname for Chief of Police Ed Kapenash
- Delilah Ashby Drake: Married to Jeffrey Drake, whom she sometimes finds very stifling. Works at the Begonia as a hostess, but mainly to be in Greg's sphere.
- Andrea Kapenash: Married to The Chief. Mother of Eric and Kacy. Devasted by Tess' death, she feels guilty and spirals downward.
- Greg Macavoy: conceited 30 something bore
- Greg: sad
- Mrs. Phoebe Wheeler: Married to Addison. Had a twin brother die in the 9/11 attack, used pills to sustain herself, got addicted and spent years in a drug haze. Tess and Greg's death knocks her the other way ... she slowly weans herself off the pills and joins the real world again
- Jeffrey Drake: A successful farmer married to Delilah. Very predictable, almost boring.
- Addison Wheeler: Very successful real estate broker. Married to Phoebe. One of the six friends left to grieve over Tess and Greg's deaths.
- Tess DiRosa MacAvoy: insecure somewhat but caring
- April Peck: One of Greg's music students - catalyst of events leading to the strain on his and Tess' marriage
- Reed Gregory Wheeler: Add a description of this character.
- Kacy: Daughter of Andrea and Ed Kapenash
- Chloe: Twin (with Finn) daughter of Greg and Tess MacAvoy
- Finn: Twin (with Chloe) son of Greg and Tess MacAvoy
- Dickson: Police sergeant under The Chief
- Eric: Son of Andrea and The Chief (Ed) Kapenash
- Andrew Jeffrey Drake: "Drew" - Son of Delilah and Jeffrey Drake
- Jennifer: Nantucket socialite - very minor character
- Vern: Delilah's first employer on the island - very minor character
- Hank Drenmiller: Wealthy person - very minor character
- Thom: Owner, with his wife, of restaurant / bar, the Begonia
- Joe Finch
- Legris Pouffet
- Sandrine: waitress at Stowe restaurant where Addison and Tess had lunch
- Edward Kapenash: Better known as The Chief, Chief of the Nantucket P.D., married to Andrea, one of the eight main characters.
- Pyotr: A figment of Andrea's dreams
- Graham
- Donna Peck: April Peck's mother
- Drake
- John Hiatt
- Mrs. Parks
- Stowe
- Dee
- Dr. Field
- Danny Browne
- Lonnie
- Nadine
- Ellen Paige
- Molly
- Arthur Dimmity
- Lisa Shumacher
- Giancarlo
- Tom Brokaw
- Cassidy Montero
- Barney: Younger son of Delilah and jeffrey Drake
- Tennie Gulliver
- Todd Carrell
- Sister Maria José
- Shelby Duncan
- Kelso
- Nico Ashby: Delilah's father
- Ted Korkoran
- Brandon Callahan
- Mary Rose Garth: Addison's ex-wife, now living in california
- Charlotte
- Caitlin
- John Mayer
- Ian Bing
- Caleb Mills
- Dr. Richard Flanders
- Vivian
- Florabel: Addison's secretary/assistant
- Esmeralda
- Heather Dickson
- Jeremy
- Derek Foster
- Vanessa
- Phil
- Dean Markbury
- Caroline Nieve Masters
- Barry Karsten
- Greg MacAvoy: Married to Tess MacAvoy. He and Tess die in a boating accident and his six best friends are left to wonder what really happened out on the water.
- Tess MacAvoy: Married to Greg MacAvoy. She and Greg die in a boating accident, leaving their six best friends wondering what really happened on the boat. Mother of Chloe and Finn.
- Toni Morrison
- Henry David Thoreau
- Tate
- Ugni Blanc
- Ernie
- Jake Randolph
- Zoe
- Chuck Lee
- Michael Morgan
- Barrett Lee
- Hank Dunlap
- Danny Meyer
- Grant
- Bill Bishop
- Patrick Loom
- Freddy Delinn
- Tuckernuck
- Eleanor
- Birdie
- Martha
- Tess laugh
- Mr. MacAvoy
Setting & Locations edit
Cisco Beach is a great setting for people to meet secretly at night. It is a nice quite out of the way beach in Nantucket.
- Florabel
- Nantucket
- Scarlet Begonia
- South Beach
- Princeton
- Boston
- London
- Hyannis
- Wisconsin
- Main Street
- Mersault
- Mexico
- Sconset
- Miami
First Sentence edit
Because the accident occurred out on the water and not on the land that fell under his jurisdiction, it was unusual that the Chief was the first one to find out.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Elin Hilderbrand (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hachette
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0316043893
Page Count: 359
Publisher: Hachette
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0316043893
Page Count: 359
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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