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??!!!

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.

another beach read....only I read it in the house during rain! lol

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.

good but I wanted more of the ending. made me cry

this was my purse book. it was fine, but about 300 pages too long.

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.

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.

Reviewed It

Sweet story of tragedy, pain, estrangement, the power of love, family and healing made possible through the power of deep bonded childhood friendship.

Boring...

I started this book while on vacation on the Outer Banks in NC. It was a light beach read. I found the story to be a little more in depth than the normal chick lit, beach read. The relationships between the characters is nicely done. What made me give it 3 stars, is that throughout the book, despite several plot twists, you pretty much know how it's going to end. I would probably read another book by Luanne Rice.

A very predictable summer beach read.