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Hubbard's Point/Black Hall #5

Beach Girls

luanne rice

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Childhood friends Emma, Maddie and Stevie enjoyed their summers together at Hubbards Point, Connecticut. Years later, Maddie's brother Jack married Emma, and they had a daughter, Nell. After Emma is killed in a car wreck with Maddie driving Jack is unable to forgive his sister for what happened that fateful day. He decides to bring Nell to Hubbard's Point the next summer, and the lonely little girl insists on finding Stevie, who's rumored to be living at the beach as a broken-hearted recluse. Nell adores Stevie, while even Jack finds himself attracted to the gentle violet-eyed beauty. Can these broken-hearted people ever become a family, or will Jack, afraid of taking another chance at love, lose everything?

277 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,2004
Series
Hubbard/s Point/Black Hall
Places
connecticut, 

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Format
277 pages, Hardcover
Published
January 1, 2004 by Bantam Books
ISBN
9780739445334
ASIN
0739445332
Language
English
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About the author

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Luanne Rice is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-eight novels, translated into thirty languages. Rice often writes about love, family, nature, and the sea. Most recently she has written thrillers, including one based on a murder that affected her family. She received the 2014 Connecticut Governor's Arts Award for excellence and lifetime achievement in the Literary Arts category.
Connecticut College awarded Rice an honorary degree and invited her to donate her papers to the College's Special Collections Library. They are archived in the Luanne Rice Collection.
Rice has also received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from St. Joseph University in West Hartford, Conn.
Several of Rice's novels have been adapted for television. Her monologue for the play Motherhood Out Loud premiered at Hartford Stage and has been performed Off-Broadway in NYC and at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.
Rice is a Creative Affiliate of the Safina Center. She lives in southeastern Connecticut.

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Izaan_omg1
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April 26,2025
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I loved this book. I read it a few years ago while I soaked up the sun at the pool. It is a perfect beach/pool read as it is set in the New England summer. I pick up a new Luanne Rice book each summer because all of her books have that wonderful east coast charm to them.
They also made a tv series based on this book which I also watched and loved! It starred Rob Lowe and who doesn't like Rob Lowe??!!!
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Debesuotas
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April 26,2025
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uggh and a pass. A quick mindless beach read for sure. I was heading to the sand and sun and wanted a "popcorn for the mind" book to escape with. I got that...it was pleasant but not life changing. A friend had recommended it. Not a waste of time, but I have too many other books on my list to read so it may be a while before I grab another Rice novel.
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n00dleBOT
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April 26,2025
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another beach read....only I read it in the house during rain! lol
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nicnac5814
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April 26,2025
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I have always enjoyed every Luanne Rice book I have read and this was no exception. In this particular book, our main character is a nine year old girl trying to get her Dad together with one of the original Beach Girls... Basically there are two timelines, the past where Nell's mom was a Beach Girl along with her best friends and the present-after Nell has lost her Mom and is visiting the place where her Mom and Dad met. I loved all of the characters and I loved the storyline and I loved the descriptions of the area they are in. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes stories where you get all the feels.
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DexterDerp
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April 26,2025
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this was my purse book. it was fine, but about 300 pages too long.
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MadLane
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April 26,2025
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The reveal about Emma's death and why Jack wouldn't talk to Madeleine was rather early and the secret about Emma was foreshadowed so it was expected and not a shocking twist. Perhaps that was intentional but it made the rest of the story predictable and removed a lot of my interest.
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Piezuri
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April 26,2025
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Jack Kilvert is running. He's running from his past. He's running from his emotions. He's running from his reality.

Jack and his daughter Nell are spending their summer in Hubbard's Point, Connecticut. Jack is hiding in his childhood vacation spot. Nell is searching for her mother's oldest childhood friend who still lives in Hubbard's Point. In finding Stevie, Nell is trying to feel contected to her mother who died just over one year ago.

In this heart-felt novel there are no surprises. Love conquers all. By the end of the novel, all the story lines are wrapped up, topped with a bow, and everyone lives Happily Ever After.
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