The end of summer is indeed bittersweet, and no place more so than here on Nantucket. Being the author of nine (soon to be ten) summer
novels and a real summer person, I find the ending of summer positively

excruciating! Here are some of the ways I like to celebrate the final

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10. Hit the farm market. I buy corn on
the cob from Bartlett Farm here on Nantucket every night that we’re home

for dinner, and I always get a few extra ears, cut t

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My sister Jen and I opened a cupcake shop in Fairfax, Virginia in March of 2008 (Cupcakes Actually; www.cupcakesactually.com). We are all about two things: Cupcakes and Reading!! I would love to get in touch with Elin and invite her to be the guest of honor at an "Eat Cupcakes and Read Event that Cupcakes Actually will sponsor in the near future. I don't know if Elin does any Book Tours, but we would love for her to consider putting us on her tour if… Continue

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Hi, this is Elin, writing from beautiful, sunny Nantucket. I am about to pack a lunch, hop on my bike, and ride to Steps beach where I will write until 4pm today (then I have to get my son to Little League practice.) I am currently working on my novel for next summer, which is called Silver Girl. I am looking forward to next week, Tuesday, when my novel The Island pubs. I am currently reading "The Anthropolgy of an American Girl," which is good...but long. (600 pages) I said to my husband las

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