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Lily Dane and Budgie Greenwald (formerly Byrne) are best friends when they are college students. Budgie has her eyes on Graham Pendleton and Lily falls instantly in love with Nick Greenwald at a football game in which he gets wounded. Budgie has no limits and expects Lily to follow; but Lily is a sedate gal interested in reading and conforming. The young man she adores, however, is Jewish and therefore unwelcome everywhere in this snooty Seaview, Rhode Island community that follows social mores precisely and brutally!
The years pass and now Lily and Budgie Greenwald return to Seaview for the summer, but by now Budgie is married to Nick Greenwald, surprise of surprises, and Lily centers her world on her sister, Kiki, who is still a child and a rambunctious, curious one at that! This is the story of multiple secrets, romantic affairs, misunderstandings, hedonistic excesses and more, all of which carry a brutal price for far too many family and friends. Yet even though everyone knows everyone in this secluded summer vacation land, some know nothing until all is revealed in dramatic, heartbreaking, and beautiful scenes the reader will never forget!
A good romance always has some other elements that are the glue holding together the melodramatic and serene scenes that keep the reader rapidly flipping the pages, yearning to know more. Sports and the vicious Hurricane of 1938, with a hint of WWII very briefly getting reference, remind the reader that the major events of this novel parallel the chaos and adrenalin-pumping action riveting the rest of the world’s attention, love and fear!
A very different technique is used in this novel to bring the plot to completion, including minor characters who don’t get much attention in most of the novel but who turn out to be the central forces that unite parents and children in their evolution from saints to sinners and vice versa.
A Hundred Summers: A Novel is a great read, perfect for the beach-going or home-resting readers who love a terrific mystery laced with sizzling, sensual, and sensitive romance! Highly recommended!


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A Hundred Summers edition by Beatriz Williams Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

A friend recommended this book for the two of us to read as a "bookclub" sort of thing. It sounded cute and interesting but I didn't have high expectations. OH MAN WAS IT GOOD! I absolutely loved this book! It had a wonderful plot with plenty of twists and fun revealings. I would highly recommend this book.
Loved! I read this very quickly, it was a wonderful love story and very well written! Interesting to read about Seaview and it’s summer generational appeal! She did an excellent job of setting up the turmoil of young love and peer influence, shaping some of the decisions that we make. I think I fell in love with Nick, and there are parts of Nick that every woman seeks! I am getting ready to choose my next, Beatriz Williams love story.
This book caught my interest right from the start and held it until the end. There were several twists and the ending was a surprise. I gave it three stars instead of four because there were so many references to people smoking, During every conversation someone was lighting up or crushing a cigarette and it didn't seem to have any connection to the plot. When the main character was stressed she wanted to smoke a whole pack. After a while it was just annoying. I was puzzled why the writer would choose to make copious references to smoking except during that time period many people were smokers, but it was really over the top.
This is the first book I've read by this author and I immediately had to rate it after I finished! It was such a draw, each time I put it down for the day, I couldn't wait to pick it up again. It was easy to imagine the characters as Budgie, Lily, Nick, Aunt Julie and Kiki were described with traits that remained consistent throughout the book. Budgie wasn't very likeable, but she was magnetic in her calculating behavior. Lily was warm and dependable and she seemed to be eclipsed by Budgie's dazzle, but it was nice to see her find herself and realize her own strength. Especially as she continually allowed Budgie to dominate and manipulate their friendship. The book flowed nicely and there weren't loose ends that left you feeling confused, even though there were a few times I wondered why the characters were so easily able to hurt those they cared about. The story culminated in a hurricane so descriptive I felt my heart rate increase as I flipped the pages! I'll certainly pick up another book by this author and I look forward to enjoying it just as much!
Another fantastic book by Beatriz Williams-----keeps you on your toes, wanting to read, read, read--- and not put this book down!! Very interesting and different, the plot is. Set in Rhode island and New York City. Beatriz Williams is one of my top 5 favorite authors---I cannot wait to start reading a book by this talented writer. I loved this book, well-developed characters, an usual plot, and descriptive settings. I am from New England; I grew up on Cape Cod and spent some of my college summers in Rhode island, also, so was drawn in when I saw one setting of this story is Rhode island.
I LOVED Beatriz Williams' book "The Secret Life of Violet Grant", so I had very high hopes for this one. The characters in "A Hundred Summers" were not as enjoyable or likeable as "Violet Grant"; therefore, only three stars. The plot is a bit predictable, but that should be expected of a beach read and for me, doesn't necessarily diminish its value; but strong, likeable characters are necessary for me to give a book more than three stars, and I felt myself frustrated with most of the characters in this book - the 'villains' are cruel, as they should be, but the main character was just too weak and gullible for me to be sympathetic - I hate mousy women as leading characters! Ugh. I will try another Williams' book though, as I want to read the one that came after "Violet Grant", which I believe is "Tiny Little Thing". Hopefully, this main character will have the old-fashioned gumption and moxie that Violet (and Vivian) Grant had - those two had moxie!
Lily Dane and Budgie Greenwald (formerly Byrne) are best friends when they are college students. Budgie has her eyes on Graham Pendleton and Lily falls instantly in love with Nick Greenwald at a football game in which he gets wounded. Budgie has no limits and expects Lily to follow; but Lily is a sedate gal interested in reading and conforming. The young man she adores, however, is Jewish and therefore unwelcome everywhere in this snooty Seaview, Rhode Island community that follows social mores precisely and brutally!
The years pass and now Lily and Budgie Greenwald return to Seaview for the summer, but by now Budgie is married to Nick Greenwald, surprise of surprises, and Lily centers her world on her sister, Kiki, who is still a child and a rambunctious, curious one at that! This is the story of multiple secrets, romantic affairs, misunderstandings, hedonistic excesses and more, all of which carry a brutal price for far too many family and friends. Yet even though everyone knows everyone in this secluded summer vacation land, some know nothing until all is revealed in dramatic, heartbreaking, and beautiful scenes the reader will never forget!
A good romance always has some other elements that are the glue holding together the melodramatic and serene scenes that keep the reader rapidly flipping the pages, yearning to know more. Sports and the vicious Hurricane of 1938, with a hint of WWII very briefly getting reference, remind the reader that the major events of this novel parallel the chaos and adrenalin-pumping action riveting the rest of the world’s attention, love and fear!
A very different technique is used in this novel to bring the plot to completion, including minor characters who don’t get much attention in most of the novel but who turn out to be the central forces that unite parents and children in their evolution from saints to sinners and vice versa.
A Hundred Summers A Novel is a great read, perfect for the beach-going or home-resting readers who love a terrific mystery laced with sizzling, sensual, and sensitive romance! Highly recommended!