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Three women burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues tumble onto the Nantucket airport tarmac one hot June day. Vicki is trying to sort through the news that she has a serious illness. Her sister, Brenda, has just left her job after being caught in an affair with a student. And their friend Melanie, after seven failed in vitro attempts, is pregnant at last but only after learning that her husband is having an affair. They have come to escape, enjoy the sun, and relax in Nantucket s calming air. But into the house, into their world, steps twenty-two-year-old Josh Flynn.

"Barefoot" weaves these four lives together in a story with enthralling sweep and scope a novel that is as fun and memorable and bittersweet as that one perfect day of summer."

Elin Hilderbrand lives on Nantucket with her husband and their three young children. She grew up in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and traveled extensively before settling on Nantucket, which has been the setting for several of her novels. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Iowa's graduate fiction workshop.

Rachael Warren is a member of the resident acting company at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island, where she has played such roles as Eliza Doolittle, Sally Bowles, Ophelia, and Portia, as well as originating roles in world premieres by artists such as Paula Vogel and Charles Strouse. Her work has also been seen across the United States at a multitude of regional theaters and on several national tours.