Nancy Thayer

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born

in Emporia, The United States

December 14, 1943

gender

female

website

http://nancythayer.com/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Women & Gender Studies

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Nancy Thayer has a B.A. and M.A. in English literature from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Before settling down to write and have children she taught English at various colleges and traveled, living in Paris, Amsterdam and Helsinki. In 1981 she was a Fellow at the Breadloaf Writers Conference. She has lived on Nantucket Island year round for twenty-five years with her husband Charley Walters. They have two children and two grandchildren.

Nancy Thayer is the author of nineteen novels, including Summer House, The Hot Flash Club series, Moon Shell Beach, Stepping, and Three Women At The Water's Edge.

Her books concern the mysteries and romance of families and relationships and the humorous adventures of growing older.

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Nancy Thayer's Books

Average rating: 3.70 · 19,788 ratings · 2,052 reviews · 32 distinct works · Similar authors

	Beachcombers 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 5,454 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer House 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 3,933 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heat Wave 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 2,734 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moon Shell Beach 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,605 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer Breeze 3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 1,387 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hot Flash Club 3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 1,266 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 649 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hot Flash Club Chills Out 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 511 ratings — published 1995 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hot Flash Holidays 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Husbands and Friends: A Novel 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hot Flash Club (4 books)
by Nancy Thayer
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“It's never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise.”
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“The universe is always speaking to us. ... Sending us little messages, causing coincidences and serendipities, reminding us to stop, to look around, to believe in something else, something more.”
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“It is never too late-in fiction or in life-to revise.”
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