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The Identicals Paperback – February 20, 2018

by Elin Hilderbrand (Author)

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The instant New York Times bestseller is "a fun, delightful, un-putdownable novel" about two identical twin sisters who couldn't look more alike . . . or live more differently (PopSugar).

Nantucket is only eleven miles away from Martha's Vineyard. But they may as well be worlds apart for estranged twin sisters Harper and Tabitha Frost.

After not speaking for more than a decade, Harper and Tabitha switch islands-and lives-to save what's left of their splintered family. But the twins quickly discover that the secrets, lies, and gossip they thought they'd outrun can travel between islands just as easily as they can. Will Harper and Tabitha be able to bury the hatchet and end their sibling rivalry once and for all?

Before the last beach picnic of the season, there will be enough old resentments, new loves, and cases of mistaken identity to make this the most talked-about summer that Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket have experienced in ages.

"Parent Trap vibes with an adult twist...One of Hilderbrand's most binge-worthy confections." —Elisabeth Egan, New York Times

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448 pages
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English
Publisher

Back Bay Books
Publication date

February 20, 2018
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5.5 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches
ISBN-10

0316375217
ISBN-13

978-0316375214
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The most underrated force at work in the universe is that of coincidence. And yet who among us hasn’t been at its mercy?
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There is nothing more mysterious, confounding, and unknowable, Eleanor thinks, than the desires of the human heart.
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Praise for THE IDENTICALS:

“Parent Trap vibes with an adult twist… one of Hilderbrand’s most binge-worthy confections.”

―Elisabeth Egan, New York Times

"A sun-drenched treat."
―Kim Hubbard, People

"Another Hilderbrand beach hit."
―Jocelyn McClurg, USA Today, 10 Hot Books You Won't Want to Miss This Summer

"A fun, delightful, un-put-downable novel by the undisputed queen of the beach read."―Brenda Janowitz, Popsugar

"Reading the latest Hilderbrand novel is as big a part of my summer vacation as a late afternoon glass of wine... she does a lovely job of describing life on the island of Nantucket."
―Georgea Kovanis, The Detroit Free Press

"Made-for-the-beach escapism."
―Jane Henderson, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"The Identicals is her best one yet. From the very start, her descriptions of life on both islands are rich and full of detail. She writes cleverly and leaves no stone unturned, thinking everything through so methodically, and her imagination is endless."
―Vivian Payton, Book Reporter

"The writer's seemingly boundless inventiveness has also extended to her fresh characters and plotting in each new book...The Identicals will delight longtime readers of the novelist as it brings new fans into the tent."
―Joe Meyers, CT News

"They call Nantucket native Elin Hilderbrand queen of the summer novel for a reason; the islands themselves have so much personality in these pages that it feels like very realistic escapist fiction."
―Modern Mrs. Darcy

"Engaging family relationships mixed with vivid landscape descriptions create an effortless read."
―Library Journal

"I was captivated. I finished it in a day...I longed to stay forever in fake-real Nantucket with Tabitha and Harper and Eleanor and Ainsley."―Sam Anderson, New York Times Magazine

"Hilderbrand is the queen of the smart beach read, and her latest is no exception."―Entertainment Weekly

About the Author

Elin Hilderbrand is six minutes older than her twin brother, Eric. She spent time on Martha's Vineyard (summer 1989) before she ever discovered Nantucket (summer 1993), the island she has called home for twenty-four years. Hilderbrand is the mother of three busy teenagers (pause and consider what a miracle it is that this novel even exists). The Identicals is her nineteenth novel.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (February 20, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316375217
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316375214
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #303,836 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #614 in Sisters Fiction
- #3,885 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction
- #7,765 in Family Life Fiction (Books)

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Elin Hilderbrand first discovered the magic of Nantucket in July 1993. Her recipe for a happy island life includes running, writing at the beach, picnics at Eel Point with her three children, and singing "Home, Sweet Home" at the Club Car piano bar. Here's to Us is her seventeenth novel.

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Rose Lady

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 16, 2022

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I enjoyed reading this book, albeit long in some places, and would recommend it to everyone because who doesn’t enjoy Elin Hilderbrand? The story weaves in and out two locations and two sisters with the backdrop of family drama. Tied up neatly at the end, so you don’t have to puzzle over all you’ve read for weeks and can’t start a new book because of the one you just finished.

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MrsLeif

Great summer read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 22, 2018

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Fourteen years have gone by before identical twins Harper and Tabitha Frost face each other again. Instead of the twins being close, they have been estranged and had barely any contact. When their father passes away, Tabitha and their mom will travel to Nantucket for the wake.

As teenagers when their parents' divorced, a game of rock, paper, and scissors will be the deciding factor in their separation. The winner will go to live in Nantucket with their easy-going father. The loser will stay in Martha's Vineyard with her mother and her clothesline store. The end result is Tabitha stays with her mother and Harper goes with their father.

As forty-year-old women, their lives have not been what they wanted it to be.

Tabitha is a single mother to Ainsley. She's too uptight and resentful. A loss in her life marked her and she has never been the same. She broke up with her longtime boyfriend when he asked for more. She's a poor parent figure to Aisnley.

Harper's life is in turmoil. She has taken care of her ailing father for the last year. She has seen him lose the battle and die. Her personal life is a mess. She's having an affair with her dad's married physician and she recently started dating a younger cop whom she's not in love with. Her reputation in Nantucket is all unfavorable.

Ainsley is popular, conceited and a brat. She has no respect for Tabitha whom she calls by her first name. She's also drinking, partying too much and is surrounded by friends just like her. The exception is her boyfriend, who's nice until he breaks up with her and decides to date someone else.

A new situation will make the twins switch islands and this is when the story is unputtable-down.

Talk about drama! The Identicals is a synonym for family dysfunction. Between the sibling rivalry, the secrets from the past, the many mistakes each woman have committed and a poor relationship between mother and daughters, this is an exceptional drama magnet. One I enjoyed it tremendously. I love how the author was able to make all the women in this novel mature emotionally in a natural way making it believable.

So why not a five fang?

I didn't like that the men in The Identicals had so little determination to fight for the women they have fallen for. They took too long.

The best part was Fish's epilogue. I love, love, love that Elin Hilderbrand used him to provide it. It gave me a huge smile.

Cliffhanger: No

4/5 Fangs

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Sue Jones

Twins!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 13, 2022

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This was a good read, kept you interested you didn't want to put the book down. A lot of twists and turns. Love the visuals of both Islands. Makes you want to visit. Enjoy!

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SWITCHING PLACES...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 17, 2017

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Harper Frost is laid-back, easygoing. She doesn’t care what anyone thinks of her. She likes a beer and a shot and wouldn’t be caught dead wearing anything fashionable. She’s inherited her father’s rundown house on Martha’s Vineyard, but she can’t hold down a job, and her latest romantic disaster has the entire island talking.

Two beautiful islands only eleven miles apart.

Tabitha Frost is dignified, refined. She prefers a fine wine and has inherited the impeccable taste of her mother, the iconic fashion designer Eleanor Roxie-Frost. She’s also inherited her mother’s questionable parenting skills–Tabitha’s teenage daughter, Ainsley, is in full rebellion mode–and a flailing fashion boutique on Nantucket in desperate need of a cash infusion.

One unforgettable summer that will change their lives forever.

After more than a decade apart, Harper and Tabitha switch islands–and lives–to save what’s left of their splintered family. But the twins quickly discover that the secrets, lies, and gossip they thought they’d outrun can travel between islands just as easily as they can. Will Harper and Tabitha be able to bury the hatchet and end their sibling rivalry once and for all? Before the last beach picnic of the season, there will be enough old resentments, new loves, and cases of mistaken identity to make this the most talked-about summer that Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket have experienced in ages.

My Thoughts: I loved the alternating narrators in The Identicals: A Novel . Harper Frost, living on Martha’s Vineyard with her father Billy has been estranged from her twin Tabitha for fourteen years.

Something happened all those years ago that kept them apart. On Nantucket, Tabitha is struggling with raising Ainsley, her rebellious teen, and she would love nothing more than to escape.

When Billy dies, there is a reunion of sorts…but it does not go well. Someone mistakes Tabitha for Harper and throws a drink in her face.

Harper has definitely stirred up some animosity from the folks on the Vineyard, so when she and Tabitha change places, what could happen next?

I loved how they each stepped into the other’s life, sort of, and something about this exchange stirs up in me a bit of empathy for the other.

Finding love on the “wrong” island could be just what the two need in order to forge a reconciliation. I found myself rooting for each of them, as I stepped into the perspective of who happened to be narrating. A five star read for me.

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Carolann

this story is like a guided tour of these two islands🥰

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 24, 2022

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Good read with very clear descriptions of these two famous islands. The twins are as different as the islands are different.
This is an enjoyable read.

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The Identicals!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 2, 2022

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I loved every part of the amazing book…if possible I would give it more than 5 stars.
The author has such an unbelievable understanding of human nature that it is almost eirie. Also of DOGS. This resonates with me, because I love my 14 year old Shih Zu so very much.

I now want to read everything that she has written….thankful that I am on vacation and had so much time to enjoy this one and 2 others.

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Toni Lynn Keating

Excellent

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 19, 2022

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I could not put this book down. Great read, drama, family, love,complicated relationships. It had everything. Kept you intrigued throughout the entire book.

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Audrey Haylins

A heart-warming story of female relationships

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 14, 2018

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Identical twins, Tabitha and Harper, have had a complex and difficult relationship since being split up when their parents divorced. Harper got to live with dad Billy, the “fun” parent, while Tabitha was raised by mum Eleanor, a famous fashion designer with impossibly high standards of behavior and etiquette.

Tabitha has always resented Harper’s freer life, away from the controlling demands of their mother, while Harper, the younger of the twins, struggles with feelings of inferiority and “always being in the wrong.”

Now approaching their fortieth birthday, the twins have been fully estranged since the death of Tabitha’s baby son Julian, 14 years previously, for which Tabitha holds Harper responsible. Also in the mix is Tabitha’s rebellious 15 year-old daughter Ainsley: “You think that because Grammie ruined your life that now it’s your job to ruin mine.”

When Billy dies, bringing the family together for his memorial, the four women finally have to confront their differences and rediscover the love they have for each other.

What I enjoyed most about this book was the way it explored the different female relationships: between sisters, between mothers and daughters and between girlfriends.

The male characters, while adding interest to the story, are mainly there to act as catalysts for the women’s journeys of discovery, self-acceptance and healing.

Hilderbrand’s style of writing is light and absorbing, her characterization insightful, and of course everybody loves a happy ending.

My only critique is the amount of detail used to describe Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. For readers who know the islands, I’m sure this added extra interest. For the majority who don’t, I found it slightly over the top and distracting. That said, this is my first Hilderbrand novel, and it won’t be my last.

Thanks for reading my review. I hope you found it helpful. You can find more candid book reviews on my Amazon profile page.

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Clementina

What happens next?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 1, 2019

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I dud quite enjoy this book even though it felt hard to understand how a pair of identical twin sisters could have survived a fourteen year estrangement when living so close to each other. I found Tabitha largely unlikeable for most of the book and found it hard to believe that those around them could have allowed the status quo to carry on for that long. As the sister of identical twins who live 9 hours apart(by plane) but speak daily I found their relationship hard to believe. The stupidity of the parents even more. What I enjoyed the most was the opportunity to dip into the lives of those who live on Nantucket and Marth’s Vineyard and to learn more about them. I had no idea that the two islands were as estranged from each other as the twins are in this story. Obviously, the islands aren’t estranged, it’s the islanders perpetuating custom and tradition. Their traditions and determination to maintain their ways of doing and saying things differently can irk at times like the way they say “up island” or “down island”. It can feel very contrived. Has anyone ever noticed that Elin Hilderbarand takes product placement to a new level in her books though in her case it’s “venue placement”. It made me wonder whether she is paid to celebrate all the venues repeatedly mentioned in her books as I know they all exist.

The story of Ainsley and her high school gang was well drawn and felt very real and believable, unfortunately. I enjoyed her redemption though.

Despite my criticism of the book, my first thought on finishing was that I wanted to know what happens next so that probably says it all!

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D. C. A. Price

Escapism at its best!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 4, 2018

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Elin Hildebrand books are my guilty pleasure. They tend to the unrealistic, sensational, a little naughty, BUT they are well written page-turners, and I love the settings of Martha’s Vineyard which I visited one magical day, and Nantucket, which I hope to visit before i’m too old to travel from the UK. The Identicals gave wonderful descriptions of both islands and their communities, which I hope are accurate. Neither twin came across as particularly likeable in this particular book but when you hear that their parents made them decide which parent each of them should live with when they divorced, it’s hardly surprising. There’s always a more or less happy ending, and mostly predictable, but as a holiday read, or any time you want some absorbing escapism, this book and others by Hildebrand are hard to beat.

London girl

Great story telling - not just a summer read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 27, 2017

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Another great Elin Hilderbrand book. I am a bit biased as I have read them all and Nantucket Island is my favourite place to stay. This book also features the Vineyard which I enjoyed. I can't make it this year to the Cape and Islands so the book was especially welcome and arrived very promptly after publication to me in the UK.

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SueBee

Tedious and too many characters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 31, 2018

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Found this heavy going and had to give up halfway through. Too many characters to keep track of and none I could really like. Also as I am in the UK the references to the New England locations did not mean anything. Not that that should matter but it seemed to in this case.

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