RATING: VERY GOOD
SPOILERS!!!
I really love the ending. The money is finally found in Thailand. Meredith remembers the photograph of a Thai city that Freddie had in his office. So she tells Trev, the lawyer, and the next time he calls, he tells her that 4 billion dollars have been found in a bank account in Thailand. They also discover that Samantha, the decorator, was involved in the scheme. So now Meredith is cleared of the accusations.
Meredith also finds out who vandalised the house and killed Harold. It is a Belorussian housekeeper and a man of the same nationality. The housekeeper lost everything when she invested her money in Freddie’s scheme. Meredith feels sorry for her because she has lost everything, and she persuades Connie not to press charges. Yet, the man will be charged for killing the seal.
Connie also has her happy ending with her daughter. She turns up at the house, very upset because she has broken up with Bridget. Ashlyn explains to her mother that she wanted to have a baby, but Bridget didn’t. So when she went to a sperm bank, Bridget broke up with her. Yet, Ashlyn returned, begging her to take her back because she couldn’t live without her. Then just a few days ago Ashlyn discovered that she was pregnant, and Bridget split up with her for good. That means that Ashlyn got inseminated without telling her partner. Ashlyn says that she thought that once the deed was done, Bridge would come round, but that hasn’t happened. So now she has turned to the only person she has, her mum. Connie is ecstatic and welcomes her daughter with open arms.
At the end of the book, Connie and Ashlyn return to Washington, Toby to the naval school, but Meredith stays on Nantucket. She gets a job, shelving books in the atheneum, and she feels free and confident for the first time in months. Before the summer ended, Trev also called to tell her that Freddie had finally agreed to take a call from her, but Meredith realises that talking to him now makes no sense. Freddie would only tell her his truth, and she has come to terms that she doesn’t need to hear what he has to say. I like to see that she has gained more confidence and independence. Now she admits that the people she care about are her children, Connie, Toby, and Dan.
I love the conversations that Connie and Meredith have at the end of the book. Meredith tells her friend about lighting a candle for those who she cares about: her sons, Toby, Connie, Dan, and even Freddie, and she considered lighting a candle for herself, but she didn’t do it because she realised that her candle was Connie. That was such a lovely thing to say. I think the beautiful story here is not about the romance of these women with the men in their lives, but about their long-standing friendship.
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