So I spent as much time as possible hanging out in
cool places—that’s cool, as in temperature—not “cool” as in the street corners where
the “cool” kids hung out. As the class nerd, I was the furthest thing
imaginable from a “cool” kid. Still, I liked to stay cool. So I spent my days at the library where I first tackled
the mandatory summer reading list, then ducked into the adult section, grabbed
whatever book caught my fancy, and found a secluded corner away from the prying
eyes of the librarians to lose myself in fiction. (Marjorie Morningstar was my introduction to sex!)
Life has changed greatly since them. I’m still not
considered a “cool” kid, but nowadays air-conditioning is everywhere. Even
though I don’t have to camp out at the library to keep cool, I still try to
make a sizable dent in my TBR pile over the summer months. So I thought I’d
share with you some of the books I plan to read this summer.
First up on my list is Lighthouse Beach by New York
Times and USA Today bestselling
author Shelley Noble. The book is described as “a heartrending and uplifting
novel about friendship, love, and what we’re willing to sacrifice for our
dreams.” I’ve chosen this as my first summer read because it takes place along
the shores of Maine, and if you’ve been following the blog recently, you know I
recently spent some time along the Maine coast.
Lighthouse
Beach
What was
supposed to be an idyllic wedding leads to an unexpected journey of
self-discovery…
When Lillo Gray pulls up to Kennebunkport’s most
exclusive hotel wearing a borrowed dress and driving a borrowed VW van, she
knows she’s made a big mistake. She’s not even sure why Jessica Parker invited
her to her posh wedding. They haven’t seen each other since they were unhappy
fourteen-year-old girls at fat camp. And now they’re from two completely
different worlds. There’s no way Lillo fits in the rarefied circles Jessica
travels in.
Jess isn’t sure she’s ready to go through with this
wedding, but she’s been too busy making everyone else happy to think about what
she wants. But when she and her two closest friends, Allie and Diana, along
with Lillo, discover her fiancé with his pants down in the hotel parking lot,
she’s humiliated…and slightly relieved. In a rush to escape her crumbling life,
Jess, Allie, and Diana pile into Lillo’s beat-up old van and head up the coast
to Lighthouse Island. Once there, she hopes to figure out the next chapter in
her life.
Nursing broken hearts and broken dreams, four lost
women embark on a journey to find their way back into happiness with new love,
friendship, and the healing power of Lighthouse Beach.
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