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    On Mystic Lake: A Novel
    On Mystic Lake: A Novel
    On Mystic Lake: A Novel
    Audiobook10 hours

    On Mystic Lake: A Novel

    Written by Kristin Hannah

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A poignant and tender story of love, loss, passion, and the fragile threads that bind families together from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale

    "A beautifully simple, deeply compassionate story."—Diana Gabaldon

    Annie Colwater's only child has just left home for school abroad. On that same day, her husband of twenty years confesses that he's in love with a younger woman. Alone in the house that is no longer a home, Annie comes to the painful realization that for years she has been slowly disappearing. Lonely and afraid, she retreats to Mystic, the small Washington town where she grew up, hoping that there she can reclaim the woman she once was—the woman she is now desperate to become again.

    In Mystic, she is reunited with her first love, Nick Delacroix, a recent widower unable to cope with his grieving, too-silent six-year-old daughter, Izzie. Together, the three of them begin to heal, and, at last, Annie learns that she can love without losing herself. But just when she has found a second chance at happiness, her life is turned upside down again, and Annie must make a choice no woman should have to make. . . .

    Praise for On Mystic Lake

    "Marvelous . . . a touching love story . . . You know a book is a winner when you devour it in one evening and hope there's a sequel. . . . This page-turner has enough twists and turns to keep the reader up until the wee hours of the morning."—USA Today

    "Superb . . . I'll heartily recommend On Mystic Lake to any woman . . . who demands that a story leave her in a satisfied glow."—The Washington Post Book World

    "A luminescent story . . . Kristin Hannah touches the deepest, most tender corners of our hearts."—Tami Hoag

    "Excellent . . . On Mystic Lake is an emotional experience you won't soon forget."—Rocky Mountain News
    "Propels readers forward to the final chapter."—The Seattle Times

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 6, 2010
    ISBN9781441844989
    On Mystic Lake: A Novel
    Author

    Kristin Hannah

    Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestselling author with over 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her most recent titles, The Four Winds, The Nightingale and The Great Alone won numerous best fiction awards and her earlier novel, Firefly Lane, is currently a bestselling series on Netflix. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.

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    • 5/5
      very sweet story. great. for listening while laying on the rooftop needing an escape.
    • 3/5
      Meh. It's fine. It's interesting to see the author's growth curve in writing. This was written in 1999. If it had been a different author I would have expected less, but after books like The Nightingale and Winter Garden and The Great Alone, you just want more. This is perfectly respectable chick-lit. I enjoyed it enough and am glad she wrote books like this so we could get those other stories from her.
    • 4/5
      I liked it a lot. A bit too slow, but the bones of the story are good.
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed the book from the beginning to the end. All of Kristen Hannah 's books are amazing.
    • 5/5
      I loved this story. It was set back in time before cell phones and personal computers, you almost don’t miss the acknowledgement of all that! I didn’t! The author didn’t spend too much time on dwelling over the lost marriage, instead she focused on what was to come. There were a lot of surprises along the way. The narrator was perfect, though I could have done without the “phone” voices.
    • 5/5
      Every book I have read audiobooks that Kristin Hannah has written I have loved everyone Favorite author!
    • 5/5
      Though sad in some instances, there were lessons on self love and perseveration
    • 4/5
      Finding yourself and the true you…after burying yourself in someone else’s life…is amazing and life changing. This is what this story is about!
    • 4/5
      Loved the characters and the chance to find love again.
    • 1/5
      Recent books are terrific. This was predictable & too happy.
    • 4/5
      Not sure why I didn’t give it a 5 except that it wasn’t as gripping as some of the authors other books. Still great!
    • 4/5
      Pretty good, but kind of predictable, and the ending felt like the author was just ready to wrap it up, where she could have really expounded upon the characters and the situation a bit more to really create a full story and ending.
    • 5/5
      Awesomely moving! I loved it! Hannah never fails to impress. Great read.
    • 3/5
      Hallmark movie vibes. I like her newer books better, but I’ll keep reading.
    • 5/5
      Enjoyable book & well done audio! Rooted for main characters!
    • 5/5
      I loved that the story was relatable. It was much like my own experience.
    • 5/5
      Great story! Very sweet & hopefull! I loved it very much!
    • 4/5
      Easy read, sweet memoir about being a mother and all that entails.
    • 3/5
      somewhat predictable, however it kept my interest (perhaps because I was waiting for something?)
    • 5/5
      Loved the book. Wish I could know more about the ending. :)
    • 3/5
      Hallmark movie-like. So. Many. Adjectives. But a predictable and enjoyable easy listen.
    • 4/5

      Good read for me ..I liked the interaction between Izzy & Annie
      ..Thank you
    • 3/5
      Easy read to help pass the time. A few twists and turns here and there but for the most part it ended just how you’d expect it. Entertaining nonetheless.
    • 3/5
      It was an ok love story. Some of her other books are much better.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this book. The story flowed well, it kept my interest, and with the audiobook the narrator did a terrific job.
    • 5/5
      A story of love and loss, and marriage and parenting. A Beautifully written, heartbreaking novel with a hopeful ending.
    • 3/5
      Quite slow.....and no real surprises. But I enjoyed it all the same
    • 5/5
      The story line was believable. I loved the narration. I didn’t love the cursing.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book. They seem to love everything that this author writes.
      Grabbed me from the very beginning
      Passionate and very relational as most of her books
    • 1/5
      If you like predictable, boring and mindless books, this is for you.