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Published Jun 2008
352 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction
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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.
"What begins as edgy and smart gets stuck in the sand in popular chick lit author Green's soggy beach read." - Publishers Weekly.
"And if you can't recall much of the plot after turning the last page, so what? Neatly packaged beach diversion." - Kirkus Reviews.
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Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published.
Jane Green (born May 31, 1968), is the pen name of Jane Green Warburg, an English author of women's novels, who is viewed by many as a founder of the "Chick Lit" Genre.
Jane worked for many years as a journalist, writing women's features for The Daily Express, The Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan and others, with occasional forays into public relations for film, television, and the odd celebrity. The author of many bestselling novels, including Straight Talking, Jemima J, Mr. Maybe, Bookends, and Babyville.
Jane lives outside New York City with her husband and children.
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