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The Beach House
The perfect title for the perfect beach read from the New York Times bestselling Author
Jane Green is one of the preeminent authors of women’s fiction today, and with each new novel, her audience grows. Green’s avid and loyal fans follow her because she writes about the true-to-life dilemmas of women—and The Beach House will not disappoint.
Known in Nantucket as the crazy woman who lives in the rambling house atop the bluff, Nan doesn’t care what people think. At sixty-five-years old, her husband died twenty years ago, her beauty has faded, and her family has flown. If her neighbors are away, why shouldn’t she skinny dip in their swimming pools and help herself to their flowers? But when she discovers the money she thought would last forever is dwindling and she could lose her beloved house, Nan knows she has to make drastic changes.
So Nan takes out an ad: Rooms to rent for the summer in a beautiful old Nantucket home with water views and direct access to the beach. Slowly, people start moving into the house, filling it with noise, with laughter, and with tears. As the house comes alive again, Nan finds her family expanding. Her son comes home for the summer, and then an unexpected visitor turns all their lives upside-down.
Manufacturer: Viking Adult
Price Range: $13.62 - $24.95
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| User Reviews |  | Another 2.5 star novel
rating: 3
When I hear the phrase "easy read" or "beach read" I usually hesitate to pick up the book so described. But the premise of an eccentric, free-spirit older woman who turns her home on Nantucket into a bed and breakfast called to me. I should have let that call go unanswered.
I agree with another reviewer that each of the sub-plots had plenty of potential and I wanted to learn more about how Dee dealt with the death of her marriage and her father's death happening in such a close time frame. I'm positive that there is a story of its own there waiting to be told.
However, this author chose to give us a "beach read" in the truest sense of the phrase. There's no need to put on your thinking cap for this one - just go with the flow and you won't be disappointed. But if you'd like to explore each of the story lines in depth then pass this one by. You won't get so lost in the story that you'll forget about lunch.
Nice setting, variety of characters, and clean writing garner a strong 2.5 stars from this reviewer.
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Very good book!
rating: 5
I loved this book. I cried and laughed all the way through it. It was hard to keep up with all the characters at first, because the book moved from character to character trying to introduce you to all the characters that would become the Beach House.
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Wonderful heart-warming story
rating: 5
The various character story lines took a while to come together, especially after reading the book jacket and knowing that they all end up at the house in Nantucket. But knowing their history makes what comes later that much better. So, stick with it if you are ADD like I am and you will enjoy the book in the end.
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It could have been better...
rating: 3
I have read reviews on Jane Green's past few books. Readers have been disappointed in Green's past attempts with writing. I haven't agreed with the critics until now. Although the story had promise, I found it difficult to want to continually read The Beach House. It was predictable. I felt like it borrowed ideas from previous books. I didn't feel the "spark" that I did during Green's first books. I just couldn't get excited about the characters. There were too many too keep track of, so the characters weren't fully developed.
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Certainly not a challenging read
rating: 3
I just finished reading this book and must agree with other reviews I've read - simple and easy to read but not much depth in the quality of the writing. I thought the plot was completely predictable and almost boring in that you knew what would happen next. I also agree that the characters were hardly developed and the story was just way to sophomoric in nature. I was disappointed by the time I got to the end and actually just skimmed the last few pages being hardly interested in what was left. I knew where it was going and was just not that interested in how Ms. Green got there. If you're taking it to the beach, it's an easy, light read for a hot afternoon and you won't sweat thinking too much, that's for sure.
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