Heading to this glittery-preppy dot in the Atlantic this summer? Yay, you. Although Nantucket’s appeal for many is the island’s “ye olde” vibe, you can’t ignore some of the notable newcomers. Here’s a sampling.
Say it isn’t so! Novelist Elin Hilderbrand, dubbed Queen of the Beach Read, released her last Nantucket-themed book, appropriately titled “Swan Song,” on June 11. After writing nearly 30 books since 2000, the author has earned a few beach days minus the notebook. Hilderbrand writes on the beach in a bikini, she says, and has made Nantucket famous across the globe with her best-selling tomes (featuring actual island businesses).
Respect. Now, fans can get total EH immersion in the Elin Hilderbrand Room at Nantucket’s newly-reimagined 76 Main Ink Press Hotel ( www.76main.
com ; from $395). Elin-themed art and framed articles hang from the walls, and the design motif recalls her book covers: a string of miniature flip flops festoons the window, while fabrics lean to crisp beach-towel stripes and ocean blue. Advertisement If your literary tastes run to, say, Nathaniel Philbrick’s “In the Heart of the Sea,” you’re in luck; the hotel also has a suite devoted to the author (who happens to live nearby).
The hotel, built as a sea captain’s home in 1883, pays homage to Nantucket’s media history. Each of the 20 rooms features a famous author, a story, or an island tradition that has been featured in the news on Nantucket. It only makes sense that th.
