Nancy Thayer





Nancy Thayer

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in Emporia, The United States
December 14, 1943

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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.

In 2008, Redbook...more


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
Summer House
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 3,933 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions
Heat Wave
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 2,734 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions
Moon Shell Beach
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,605 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions
Summer Breeze
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 1,387 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions
The Hot Flash Club
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 1,266 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions
The Hot Flash Club Strikes ...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 649 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions
The Hot Flash Club Chills Out
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 511 ratings — published 1995 — 10 editions
Hot Flash Holidays
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions
Between Husbands and Friend...
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions
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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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