<![CDATA[The Beach House]]>

false <![CDATA[The Beach House]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256077722m/2071575.jpg 2071575 13 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. 2076822 17 6 2008 The Beach House total:3598|5:489|4:1230|3:1370|2:416|1:93| 3598 12400 5600 844 0 9 false false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 23:57:36 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 17:05:35 -0700 2008
The story in "The Beach House" was diverting enoug but the devil is in the details, and the details are where Green fails. She is a British author, and this is her first book set entirely in the US, and she ma...more...]]> 3 3 false false Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 14:35:22 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 14:36:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 09:18:33 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 07:26:08 -0700 2008
Nan is 65 and the local ecce...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 13:12:10 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 14:19:47 -0700 2008 Lost one star for a slight reach in the plot 3/4 of the way through, but I saw how it was necessary to introduc...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 17:55:24 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 20:00:33 -0700 2008 3 2 false false Sat Jun 28 08:20:16 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 06:50:59 -0700 2008 5 2 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 11:11:01 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 08:20:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 15:25:14 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 15:54:20 -0700 2008 A Tidy Little Story
The setting is Nantucket in summer. The characters are well drawn and the set up of their individual stories takes up the first half of the book. In the second half they come together in unpredictable ways, with everything playing out full circle.

Nan, the widowe...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jul 22 12:45:44 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 12:46:09 -0700 2008
The thing that attracted me to this book was that it was set on Nantucket. I love that p...more...]]> 3 1 false true Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 22:05:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 22:05:00 -0700 2008
I suppose the metaphor that...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 10:22:02 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 10:24:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 16:47:58 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:57:03 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Dec 17 08:43:58 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 08:45:36 -0800 2008 4 1 false true Wed Dec 03 07:02:14 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 07:04:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Nov 30 14:09:39 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 14:11:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 18:30:07 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 18:35:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 16:26:39 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 16:32:16 -0700 2008 That being said, I identified really well with all of the characters ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 13:13:12 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 13:21:10 -0800 2009 The story centers around Nan, a widow who lost her husband very young and is left his family house on the islan...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 19:10:21 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 19:10:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 17:59:46 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 19:01:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2071575