"Summerland" by Elin Hilderbrand is about 4 kids from Nantucket High School. While driving home from a graduation party they have a car accident. Penny, the driver, is killed, her twin brother Hobby is in a coma and the other two passengers, one of whom is Penny's boyfriend, Jake, have no injuries from the accident but have suffered emotionally.
Jake's family moves to Perth, Australia, where is mom is from, because they think it will better help Jake heal if he is away from his home.
The other passenger in the car, Demeter, has started abusing alcohol and other destructive behaviors that may be life threatening.
What the book is mostly about is how the relationships between the four friends and their parents came to be. It is about how a tragedy can not only affect the family and friends, but also the people within its community. It is about how even in hard times it is possible to move on and find a place of healing.
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