The Five-Star Weekend

By Elin Hilderbrand

Book Overview

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hotel Nantucket: After tragedy strikes, food blogger Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket.

Hollis Shaw's life seems picture-perfect. She's the creator of the popular food blog Hungry with Hollis and is married to Matthew, a dreamy heart surgeon. But after she and Matthew get into a heated argument one snowy morning, he leaves for the airport and is killed in a car accident. The cracks in Hollis's perfect life--her strained marriage and her complicated relationship with her daughter, Caroline--grow deeper.

So when Hollis hears about something called a "Five-Star Weekend"--one woman organizes a trip for her best friend from each phase of her life: her teenage years, her twenties, her thirties, and midlife--she decides to host her own Five-Star Weekend on Nantucket. But the weekend doesn't turn out to be a joyful Hallmark movie.

The husband of Hollis's childhood friend Tatum arranges for Hollis's first love, Jack Finigan, to spend time with them, stirring up old feelings. Meanwhile, Tatum is forced to play nice with abrasive and elitist Dru-Ann, Hollis's best friend from UNC Chapel Hill. Dru-Ann's career as a prominent Chicago sports agent is on the line after her comments about a client's mental health issues are misconstrued online. Brooke, Hollis's friend from their thirties, has just discovered that her husband is having an inappropriate relationship with a woman at work. Again And then there's Gigi, a stranger to everyone (including Hollis) who reached out to Hollis through her blog. Gigi embodies an unusual grace and, as it happens, has many secrets.

The Five-Star Weekend is a surprising and captivating story about friendship, love, and self-discovery set on Nantucket. It will be a weekend like no other.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316259187
• ISBN13: 9780316259187
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Elin Hilderbrand does it again!

Just finished The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand…another great read with many twists and turns. A “summer” book that can be enjoyed any time of the year. Elin never disappoints.

Another great book by Elin

Captured me from the start. Could not put it down. I love all her books!

Not as great as I’d hoped

Lots of different stories & character situations to keep up with caused me to lose interest in the story. Well written as Hildebrand books usually are.

Enjoyed the current application in life

Great reminder of the friends throughout our lives and the importance they play