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The Love Season Hardcover – May 30, 2006
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Marguerite Beale, former chef of culinary hot spot Les Parapluies, has been out of the public eye for over a decade. This all changes with a phone call from Marguerite's goddaughter, Renata Knox. Marguerite has not seen Renata since the death of Renata's mother, Candace Harris Knox, fourteen years earlier. And now that Renata is on Nantucket visiting the family of her new fiancé, she takes the opportunity, against her father's wishes, to contact Marguerite in hopes of learning the story of her mother's life--and death. But the events of the day spiral hopelessly out of control for both women, and nothing ends up as planned.
Welcome to The Love Season--a riveting story that takes place in one day and spans decades; a story that embraces the charming, pristine island of Nantucket, as well as Manhattan, Paris and Morocco. Elin Hilderbrand's most ambitious novel to date chronicles the famous couplings of real lives: love and friendship, food and wine, deception and betrayal--and forgiveness and healing.
- Print length304 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSt. Martin's Press
- Publication dateMay 30, 2006
- Dimensions5.72 x 1.07 x 8.48 inches
- ISBN-109780312322304
- ISBN-13978-0312322304
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"Hilderbrand's sensitive portrayal of a young motherless woman on a journey of self-discovery, and her guilt-ridden godmother's attempt to find the courage to confront the past, is very moving." -Booklist
"A good page-turner." -Library Journal
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Marguerite Beale, former chef of culinary hot spot Les Parapluies, has been out of the public eye for over a decade. This all changes with a phone call from Marguerite's goddaughter, Renata Knox. Marguerite has not seen Renata since the death of Renata's mother, Candace Harris Knox, fourteen years earlier. And now that Renata is on Nantucket visiting the family of her new fiancé, she takes the opportunity, against her father's wishes, to contact Marguerite in hopes of learning the story of her mother's life--and death. But the events of the day spiral hopelessly out of control for both women, and nothing ends up as planned.
Welcome to The Love Season--a riveting story that takes place in one day and spans decades; a story that embraces the charming, pristine island of Nantucket, as well as Manhattan, Paris and Morocco. Elin Hilderbrand's most ambitious novel to date chronicles the famous couplings of real lives: love and friendship, food and wine, deception and betrayal--and forgiveness and healing.
Praise for The Blue Bistro
"The Blue Bistro is a wonderful, wonderful love story, the kind that you read, then recommend to many many friends - and so, I recommend it to you. Highly." -James Patterson, bestselling author of Beach Road
"A wonderfully poignant behind-the-scenes journey into the world of high-end restaurants, island life, and the inner workings of the human heart. A great summer story." -Lolly Winston, author of Good Grief
Praise for Summer People
"Summer People is striking not only for the ingenuity of its riveting plot, but also for the acute sense of character and the finely tuned craftsmanship with which Elin Hilderbrand brings its every nuance to life." -Madison Smartt Bell, author of The Stone That the Builder Refused
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"Things get more twisted at every turn, with enough lies and betrayals to fuel a whole season of soap operas….Readers will be hooked." -Publishers Weekly
Praise for the Booksense/NEBA Bestseller The Beach Club
"Elin Hilderbrand's first novel holds up as a surprisingly touching…work of fiction you're likely to think about weeks after you put it down." -People magazine
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August 19, 2006 • 6:30 a.m.
Marguerite didn't know where to start.
Each and every summer evening for nearly twenty years, she had cooked for a restaurant full of people, yet here she was in her own kitchen on a crystalline morning with a seemingly simple mission--dinner for two that evening at seven thirty--and she didn't know where to start. Her mind spun like the pedals of a bicycle without any brakes. Candace coming here, after all these years. Immediately Marguerite corrected herself. Not Candace. Candace was dead. Renata was coming tonight. The baby.
Marguerite's hands quivered as she brought her coffee mug to her lips. The grandfather clock chimed just as it had every fifteen minutes of its distinguished life--but this time, the sound startled Marguerite. She pictured a monkey inside, with two small cymbals and a voice screeching, Marguerite! Earth to Marguerite!
Marguerite chuckled. I am an old bat, she thought. I'll start by writing a list.
The phone call had come at eleven o'clock the night before. Marguerite was in bed, reading Hemingway. Whereas once Marguerite had been obsessed with food--with heirloom tomatoes and lamb shanks and farmhouse cheeses, and fish still flopping on the counter, and eggs and chocolate and black truffles and foie gras and rare white nectarines--now the only thing that gave her genuine pleasure was reading. The people of Nantucket wondered--oh yes, she knew they wondered--what Marguerite did all day, hermited in her house on Quince Street, secreted away from the eyes of the curious. Although there was always something--the laundry, the garden, the articles for the newspaper in Calgary (deadline every other Friday)--the answer was: reading. Marguerite had three books going at any one time. That was the chef in her, the proverbial more-than-one-pot-on-the-stove. She read contemporary fiction in the mornings, though she was very picky. She liked Philip Roth, Penelope Lively, as a rule no one under the age of fifty, for what could they possibly have to say about the world that Marguerite hadn't already learned? In the afternoons, she enriched herself with biographies or books of European history, if they weren't too dense. Her evenings were reserved for the classics, and when the phone rang the night before Marguerite had been reading Hemingway. Hemingway was the perfect choice for late at night because his sentences were clear and easy to understand, though Marguerite stopped every few pages and asked herself, Is that all he means? Might he mean something else? This insecurity was a result of attending the Culinary Institute instead of a proper university--and all those years with Porter didn't help. An education makes you good company for yourself, Porter had liked to tell his students, and Marguerite, when he was trying to convince her to read something other than Larousse Gastronomique. Wouldn't he be proud of her now.
The phone, much like the muted toll of the clock a few seconds ago, had scared Marguerite out of her wits. She gasped, and her book slid off her lap to the floor, where it lay with its pages folded unnaturally under, like a person with a broken limb. The phone, a rotary, continued its cranky, mechanical whine while Marguerite groped her nightstand for her watch. Eleven o'clock. Marguerite could name on one hand the phone calls she'd received in the past twelve months: There was a call or two from the editorial assistant at the Calgary paper; there was a call from the Culinary Institute each spring asking for a donation; there was always a call from Porter on November 3, her birthday. None of these people would ever think to call her at eleven o'clock at night--not even Porter, drunk (not even if he'd split from the nubile young graduate assistant who had become his late-in-life wife), would dare call Marguerite at this hour. So it was a wrong number. Marguerite decided to let it ring. She had no answering machine to put the phone out of its misery; it just rang and rang, as pleading and insistent as a crying baby. Marguerite picked it up, clearing her throat first. She occasionally went a week without speaking.
"Hello?"
"Aunt Daisy?" The voice had been light and cheerful; there was background noise--people talking, jazz music, the familiar clink and clatter of glasses and plates--was it restaurant noise? It threw Marguerite off. And then there was the nickname: Daisy. Only three people had ever used it.
"Yes?"
"It's Renata." There was an expectant pause. "Renata Knox."
Marguerite's eyes landed across the room, on her desk. Taped to her computer was Renata Knox's e-mail address; Marguerite beheld it every day as she binged guiltily on the Internet for an hour, but she had never sent a single message. Because what could she possibly say? A casual hello would be pointless and anything more, dangerous. Marguerite's eyes skittered from her desk to her dresser. On top of her dresser were two precious framed photographs. She dusted them carefully each week, though she rarely lingered over them anymore. Years ago she had scrutinized them so intensely that they imprinted themselves on her brain. She knew them by heart, the way she knew the streets in the sixth arrondissement, the way she knew the temperament of a soufflé. One picture was of Marguerite and Candace taken at Les Parapluies on the occasion of Renata's christening. In it, Marguerite was holding Renata, her goddaughter. How well she remembered that moment. It had taken a magnum of Veuve Clicquot and several glasses of thirty-year port to get Dan to relinquish his grip on his newborn daughter, and when he did, it was only to Candace so that the baby could nurse. Marguerite sat with Candace on the west banquette as the party thundered around them. Marguerite knew little of babies, or lactation; she fed people every day, but nothing was as captivating as watching Candace feed her daughter. When Candace finished, she eased the baby up over her shoulder until the baby burped. Then Candace passed her over to Marguerite casually, like she was a loaf of bread.
Go see your godmother, Candace said to the baby.
Godmother, Marguerite had thought. The last time she had been inside a church before that very morning was for Candace and Dan's wedding, and before that the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris the year she met Porter, and so her notion of godmother came mostly from fairy tales. Marguerite had gazed down at the baby's tiny pink mouth, which still made the motion of sucking even though the breast was gone, and thought, I will feed you your first escargot. I will pour your first glass of champagne.
"Aunt Daisy?" Renata said.
"Yes, dear," Marguerite said. The poor girl probably thought Marguerite was as crazy as the islanders said she was--self-mutilation, months in a psychiatric hospital, gave up her restaurant--or worse, she thought Marguerite didn't know who she was. How surprised the child would be to find out that Marguerite thought of her, and of Candace, every day. The memories ran through her veins. But enough of that! Marguerite thought. I have the girl on the phone! "I'm sorry, darling. You caught me by surprise."
"Were you sleeping?" Renata asked. "It's awfully late."
"No," Marguerite said. "Not sleeping. In bed, reading. Where are you, darling? Are you at school?"
"I don't start back for three more weeks," Renata said.
"Oh, right," Marguerite said. "Silly of me." Already she felt like the conversation was a dog she'd agreed to take for a walk, one that yanked on its chain, urging Marguerite to catch up. It was August now; when Renata went back to college she'd be a . . . sophomore? Marguerite had sent Renata five thousand dollars for her high school graduation the spring before last--an outrageous sum, though who else did Marguerite have to give her money to? Renata had graduated first in her class, and although she'd been accepted at Yale and Stanford, she'd decided on Columbia, where Porter was still chairman of the art history department. Renata had sent Marguerite a sweet little thank-you note for the money in loopy script with a lot of exclamation points--and Dan had dashed off a note as well on his office stationery. Once again, Margo, you've done too much. Hope you are well. Marguerite noticed he had not actually said thank you, but that would have been hoping for too much. After all these years, Dan still hadn't forgiven her. He thought she sent the money out of guilt when really she had sent it out of love.
"Where are you then?" Marguerite asked. In his annual Christmas letter, Dan had written about Renata's infatuation with her literature classes, her work-study job in the admissions office, and her roommate, but he had hinted nothing about her summer plans.
"I'm here on Nantucket," Renata said. "I'm at 21 Federal."
Marguerite suddenly felt very warm; sweat broke out on her forehead and under her arms. And menopause for her had ended sometime during the first Clinton administration.
"You're here?" Marguerite said.
"For the weekend. Until Sunday. I'm here with my fiancé."
"Your what?"
"His name is Cade," Renata said. "His family has a house on Hulbert Avenue."
Marguerite stroked the fraying satin edge of her summer blanket. Fiancé at age nineteen? And Dan had allowed it? The boy must be rich, Marguerite thought sardonically. Hulbert Avenue. But even she had a hard time believing that Dan would give Renata away while she was still a teenager. People didn't change that fundamentally. Daniel Knox would always be the father holding possessively on to his little girl. He had never liked to share her.
Marguerite realized Renata was waiting for an answer. "I see."
"His parents know all about you," Renata said. "They used to eat at the restaurant. They said it was the best place. They said they miss it."
"That's very nice," Marguerite said. She wondered who Cade's parents were. Had they been regulars or once-a-summer people? Would Marguerite recognize their names, their faces? Had they said anything else to Renata about what they knew, or thought they knew?
"I'm dying to come see you," Renata said. "Cade wants to meet you, too, but I told him I want to come by myself."
"Of course, dear," Marguerite said. She straightened in bed so that her posture was as perfect as it had been nearly sixty years ago, ballet class, Madame Verge asking her students to pretend there was a wire that ran from the tops of their heads to the ceiling. Chins up, mes choux! Marguerite was so happy she thought she might levitate. Her heart was buoyant. Renata was here on Nantucket; she wanted to see Marguerite. "Come tomorrow night. For dinner. Can you?"
"Of course!" Renata said. "What time would you like me?"
"Seven thirty," Marguerite said. At Les Parapluies, the bar had opened each night at six thirty and dinner was served at seven thirty. Marguerite had run the restaurant on that strict timetable for years without many exceptions, or much of an eye toward profitability.
"I'll be there," Renata said.
"Five Quince Street," Marguerite said. "You'll be able to find it?"
"Yes," said Renata. In the background there was a burst of laughter. "So I'll see you tomorrow night, Aunt Daisy, okay?"
"Okay," Marguerite said. "Good night, dear."
With that, Marguerite had replaced the heavy black receiver in its cradle and thought, Only for her.
Marguerite had not cooked a meal in fourteen years.
…
Copyright © 2006 by Elin Hilderbrand
Product details
- ASIN : 0312322305
- Publisher : St. Martin's Press; First Edition (May 30, 2006)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 304 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780312322304
- ISBN-13 : 978-0312322304
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.72 x 1.07 x 8.48 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #595,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8,899 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction
- #12,655 in Contemporary Women Fiction
- #63,386 in Contemporary Romance (Books)
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About the author
Elin Hilderbrand first discovered the magic of Nantucket in July 1993. Her recipe for a happy island life includes running, writing at the beach, picnics at Eel Point with her three children, and singing "Home, Sweet Home" at the Club Car piano bar. Here's to Us is her seventeenth novel.
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Customers enjoyed the book and found it easy to read and enjoyable. They appreciated the compelling storyline, well-written writing style, and engaging characters. Many felt the food descriptions were delicious and delightful. Overall, customers found the book fascinating and interesting from start to finish. However, some readers felt the pacing was slow and not an enjoyable read.
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Customers enjoy the book. They find it an easy, enjoyable summer read that keeps them hooked. The book takes place in Nantucket and features small stories about locals interwoven together. Readers describe the novel as satisfying and fun.
"As always Elin Hildebrand delivered a great & entertaining book!..." Read more
"Loved everything about this book; the depth and richness of complicated relationships. I think this is my favorite from Elin Hilderbrand." Read more
"This book was a treat - to read, savor and enjoy, all of which I did. The writing is sublime, intelligent and articulate...." Read more
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Customers enjoy the engaging story with its beautiful small stories intertwined with the present. They appreciate the author's weaving of the past and present, meaningful phrases, and rich relationships. The book is described as descriptive and reads almost like a mystery novel. Readers find the characters endearing from the start and describe them as real people living real lives.
"...Don't get me wrong, it was a spellbinding story, but a little too depressing...." Read more
"Loved everything about this book; the depth and richness of complicated relationships. I think this is my favorite from Elin Hilderbrand." Read more
"...Though it’s quite different than her others, love, friendship, betrayal, and reconciliation are all part of the story." Read more
"This one has me torn. Loved the characters. Didn't care for the ending. I needed more resolution!..." Read more
Customers enjoy the writing style of the book. They find it easy to read and say the author has improved her writing over the years. The story is told from several viewpoints and jumps back and forth in time. Readers are drawn in from the first few pages and appreciate the author's writing style.
"...It's very well written and keeps you wanting more, it's just a little more depressing than the other books by Hilderbrand." Read more
"This book was a treat - to read, savor and enjoy, all of which I did. The writing is sublime, intelligent and articulate...." Read more
"This authorities beautiful prose, and I felt thoroughly invested in each of the characters...." Read more
"Book arrived on time. It was a very good read. Love this author." Read more
Customers enjoy the well-developed characters and their human qualities. They appreciate the way the story weaves them together and intertwines them with the future events.
"This one has me torn. Loved the characters. Didn't care for the ending. I needed more resolution!..." Read more
"...The characters came to life and made impressions in a way that I’m not sure would have been possible if the book was told over a different..." Read more
"This authorities beautiful prose, and I felt thoroughly invested in each of the characters...." Read more
"...Real people and real life. Elin is a great story teller. I enjoyed the characters. I felt left hanging but maybe that’s the purpose of it all...." Read more
Customers enjoy the book. They say it's another great book by Elin Hilderbrand, and they read it in one day on a beach in Jamaica.
"I really enjoy reading Elin Hilderbrand's books, and this one is no different. One of my favorites, however, was Blue Bistro...." Read more
"Love all Erin's books! Fun and easy read. All of her books are great for the summer season...." Read more
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Customers enjoy the book's food quality. They find it enjoyable, with great descriptions of cuisine and wines. The book is described as a delightful, light-hearted summer read for foodies.
"This book was a treat - to read, savor and enjoy, all of which I did. The writing is sublime, intelligent and articulate...." Read more
"...The food descriptions are superb and leave you wishing you could indulge in sitting down with the characters for the various meals." Read more
"...but hardcore feelings that deal with the essence of life and the enjoyment of food, a must read...." Read more
"An interesting read particularly if you enjoy excellent cuisine and great wines. Families can be difficult but can reconnect through love." Read more
Customers find the book engaging and well-written. They say it keeps them interested from start to finish, making them want to explore Nantucket and cook fabulous meals. The geography and restaurant references bring back memories for some readers. While not one of the author's best works, it does go in depth about her beloved island.
"...It's very well written and keeps you wanting more, it's just a little more depressing than the other books by Hilderbrand." Read more
"...The Love Season is a mature, fascinating, and thoroughly satisfying story with an ending that left me stunned and thoughtful." Read more
"...This is an interesting, poignant story, told via a cleverly woven plot that takes place primarily in Nantucket and also in bits in Paris and New York..." Read more
"...typical Elin Hilderbrand book, although it does still go in depth about her beloved Nantucket. Is it one of her best? No...." Read more
Customers find the book's pacing slow and depressing. They say it seems to drag and lacks hope.
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"...Sad. Nothing hopeful. I probably won’t read another of her books." Read more
"...I loved the book because it felt real and horrific and sad and flashed a lust for life that only certain people can draw out of each of us...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2024As always Elin Hildebrand delivered a great & entertaining book! I feel that I saw a different side of Nantucket Island but one that I would love to visit!
- Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2006I do love Elin Hilderbrand's books and can never wait for the next to come out, but this book didn't quite live up to my expectations. Don't get me wrong, it was a spellbinding story, but a little too depressing. It reminded quite a bit of the Blue Bistro; taking place, through memory, in a popular, exclusive restaurant in Nantucket. The main character is the eccentric chef, Marguerite, who was lured to the island by her lover, Porter, while working in Paris. Marguerite beomes best friends, and a bit obsessed, with Porter's much younger sister, Candace. The story is reminiscent through a 60 year old, lonely and reclusive Marguerite and eyes of the late Candace's 19 year old Daughter, Renata, when Renata visits the island for the first time in years with her new fiancé, Cade. Within the length of a day, both Renta and Marguerite go through channels of emotions that change their lives forever and tell the story of the death of Renata's mother and how Marguerite got to live the life she now lives alone. The two meet for the first time in 15 years to share the story. It's very well written and keeps you wanting more, it's just a little more depressing than the other books by Hilderbrand.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2024Loved everything about this book; the depth and richness of complicated relationships. I think this is my favorite from Elin Hilderbrand.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2023This one has me torn. Loved the characters. Didn't care for the ending. I needed more resolution! I can tell Hilderbrand was still developing as a writer, but I do love her food descriptions!
- Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2024I have read all of her books. This one was no different and just as great as the rest
- Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2024Though this wasn’t my absolute favorite Nantucket tale by Elin, I did love it. The telling of the story, over the course of 24 hours, was unique and unfolded in great detail. The characters came to life and made impressions in a way that I’m not sure would have been possible if the book was told over a different timeline.
The ending, and the truth behind Candace’s death, was a surprise. At the same time, it felt like I knew the truth all along from when her character first appeared. You’ll know exactly what I’m talking about if you read it.
If you love Elin’s novels, you will absolutely love this. Though it’s quite different than her others, love, friendship, betrayal, and reconciliation are all part of the story.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2023This book was a treat - to read, savor and enjoy, all of which I did. The writing is sublime, intelligent and articulate. Many phrases were so creative and meaningful. The premise was original, hard to accomplish in today's world, but she pulled it off well. It has been a real treat to read this.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2019This authorities beautiful prose, and I felt thoroughly invested in each of the characters. I plan to look into her other available books because I so enjoyed this one. The reasons I couldn't give this the full five stars 1) I could not stand one of the two main characters, Renata. She was selfish and impetuous. 2) I wish the book would have gone on a little longer, as I would have liked to see what happened with several of these characters. Did the two leads stay in touch? Did Cade get together with Claire? What happened to Nicole and Miles?
Top reviews from other countries
- Lores SmithReviewed in Canada on January 2, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars good book
just received it will read it
- julie huleuxReviewed in France on October 29, 2013
4.0 out of 5 stars loved it!
enjoyed it, loved it! as every hilderbrand's novel, it takes you deeply and you can't leave it until you've read it entirely..
- CracklebonesReviewed in Canada on July 29, 2024
4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely girl books
I like Elin Hilderbrand’s characters and the plots in her stories. Her books are light reading.
- ElizabethReviewed in Canada on August 13, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Is Great
Probably the 4th EH beach read I’ve finished this summer. They go quick and are delightful. She’s a great writer and the stories really "work"- highly recommend. Also some deep moments of reflection throughout the book so I enjoyed it on more than one level. Truly she has mastered her craft and almost any book by her you will fly through. Very relaxing to take my mind off stress and just enjoy a little distraction.
- livilouReviewed in Canada on September 21, 2023
3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best of Elin.
I have read every book of Elin’s…multiple times. She is one of my favourite authors. This is the only one that I can say was meh. I didn’t love the characters and was just slow to get through.