beach house Hardback - 2008

by Green, Jane

The perfect titlefor the perfectbeach read fromthe New YorkTimes bestsellingAuthor

Jane Green is one of the preeminent authors of women's fiction today, and with each new novel, her audience grows. Green's avidand loyal fans follow her because she writes about the true-to-lifedilemmas of women and The Beach House will not disappoint.

Known in Nantucket as the crazy woman who lives in therambling house atop the bluff, Nan doesn't care what people think.At sixty-five-years old, her husband died twenty years ago, herbeauty has faded, and her family has flown. If her neighbors areaway, why shouldn't she skinny dip in their swimming pools andhelp herself to their flowers? But when she discovers the moneyshe thought would last forever is dwindling and she could lose herbeloved house, Nan knows she has to make drastic changes.

So Nan takes out an ad: Rooms to rent for the summer in abeautiful old Nantucket home with water views and direct access tothe beach. Slowly, people start moving into the house, filling itwith noise, with laughter, and with tears. As the house comes aliveagain, Nan finds her family expanding. Her son comes home forthe summer, and then an unexpected visitor turns all their livesupside-down.