The beach house is a peaceful haven, a place to escape everyday problems. Here, three families find their feelings intensified and their lives transformed each summer.
When thirty-year-old Julia, mourning the death of her husband, decides to sell the Santa Cruz beach house they owned together, she sets in motion a final summer that will change the lives of all the families who rent it year after … year after year. Teenaged Chris discovers the bittersweet joy of first love. Maggie and Joe, married sixty-five years, courageously face a separation that even their devotion cannot prevent. The married woman Peter yearns for suddenly comes within his reach. And Julia ultimately finds the strength to rebuild her life—something she once thought impossible.
With equal measures of heartbreak and happiness, bestselling author Georgia Bockoven’s unforgettable novel tells of the beauty of life and the power of love, and speaks to every woman who has ever clung to a child or loved a man.
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Anything about love and a beach and I am happy and calm
Great beach read. A recent widow whose husband was highly regarded by everyone he knew, returns to their beach cottage with the intent to sell it. The memories were too hard to overcome…or so she thought. This last summer, in which her regular monthly renters came, brought major changes in all their lives including her.
It was a good summer read
This was the first book I’ve read by this author, but it won’t be my last. I really enjoyed reading about the lives of the different people who stayed in the beach house.
I loved the characters in this book. It had older stable characters down through young people just starting out and making memories. I like the way they shared and helped each other in this small town.
I loved this book and will read more by Georgia Bockoven.
Would have appreciated a follow up on the living characters
It was thought provoking as each family’s situation was realistic.
Each were faced with choices & options on how to best deal with their particular situation.
The reader could easily identify or recognize the situation & measure their response to the character’s.
The book was well written.
Great read, now I’m reading the second book, didn’t know it was a series.
I really liked this book and how all the people surrounding this particular beach house became involved in each other in a good way.
I enjoyed the book it touched the lives of several families
Loved the Beach House series by Mary Alice Monroe although I am not a beach person. She is a great author and I plan to read more of her books.
Easy read beach book.
This book has it all…great read, unexpected twists, and just an all around nice book!
Great book with wonderful characters about different life stages. Enjoyable read.
Great book.
TO HAVE THREE STORIES HAPPENING AT THE SAME HOUSE, WAS CLEVER AND INTERTWINED.
Perfect summer read
Great summer read
I enjoyed this and others by Ms. Bockhaven. Very original, likeable and believable characters.