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It's no secret this story doesn't end well (from book summary) and we know the storyline is based on a "Same Time Next Year" movie scenario so perhaps that's why 28 Summers made me feel kind of down. Normally I don’t like to read about cheating or lying couples and of course I always feel bad for both of the women: who has been cheated and who has been labeled as other woman. We broke up because of the distance but also because I felt like there was something missing…and what was missing was the crazy.
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Because of an affair she had, Ursula isn’t sure whether the baby is Jake’s or her lover’s, but Jake makes a wonderful father to the daughter to whom she gives birth, named Bess. Mallory is in love with Jake and because of that, every relationship she tries always ends in her breaking it off before the weekend with Jake. At the risk of sounding like a bad, clichéd inspirational quote on Pinterest, life is too goddamn short not to tell someone how you feel. This story follows Jake and Mallory’s lives for 28 years, through which the two have no contact except for the 3 days during Labor Day Weekend.Before they say goodbye, Mallory and Jake promise to each other to meet in Nantucket at the same time each year, no matter what. I also found it self-centered and weird how Jake and Mallory were so willing to inconvenience their family for the sake of being alone that weekend. Several of her books — The Identicals, The Blue Bistroand The Matchmaker— are being developed as drama series by Amblin Television and Hulu. Inspired by the film Same Time, Next Year, 28 Summers tells the tale of Mallory Blessing and Jake McCloud who meet one Labor Day weekend in Nantucket, the chemistry is instantaneous but each person recognizes they are different places in their lives and agree that each year they will reunite in that last week of August.
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Later justifications are things like “Jake thinks his wife works too much” which is obviously a terrible justification. Mallory has just inherited her aunt's cottage on Nantucket, so she agrees to host her brother's bachelor party over Labor Day weekend.It never ceases to surprise my husband what a complete and utter crybaby I am when it comes to movies, news stories, or heck, even commercials.