I just finished reading Elin's latest book, Silver Girl, and said to myself,
"Wow!" Honestly, when I picked it up, I was pretty convinced that I
was chasing a dream by assuming I would continue to enjoy her books.
Why?
Because she writes, exclusively, summer beach-reads set on
Nantucket. Now, I adore Nantucket. If I could afford to live there, as she
does, I would do it in a heartbeat. I also love beach-reads and anything summer-oriented
(one of my favorite seasons in New England, where the winter can be brutal, the
spring often too cool, and the fall glorious but fleeting).
But I thought, how much more can she milk this thing? The
answer: she doesn't milk anything. She writes great books that, yes, happen to
be set on Nantucket and do happen to be beach-oriented, but they are truly
excellent reads. If you looked at my bookshelf, you'd notice that I have pretty
much every book she's written.
Having read the body of her work, I think I'm one of her
biggest fans (Oh, no! Visions of Kathy Bates with an ax! No, not that kind of fan!). She keeps me as a
fan for many reasons. Silver Girl,
one of her best books yet, is one of them. Elin has clearly grown as a writer
and
