The Beach House by Jane Green (Epub)

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Ever since her life took an unexpected turn, Nan Powell has enjoyed living alone on the sun-drenched shores of Nantucket. At sixty-five, she’s just as likely to be found at Windermere, her beach front home, as she is skinny dipping in her neighbor’s pool. But when the money she thought would last forever starts to dwindle, Nan decides to do something drastic to keep hold of her free-spirited life: open up Windermere to strangers.

After placing an ad for summer rentals touting water views, direct access to the beach, and a sexagenarian roommate, Nan’s once quiet house is soon full of noise, laughter, and the occasional bout of tears. Between her eclectic new tenants and the sudden return of her son, Nan gets a taste of what life is like when you have someone to care for besides yourself. But just as she starts to happily settle in to her new existence, the arrival of a visitor from her past threatens to turn everyone’s lives upside down…

User’s Reviews

Review “Green gives you a clear sense of Nantucket’s weathered splendor and offers up a refreshing summertime getaway…best read on a deck chair somewhere.”—Chicago Sun-Times “A sweetly memorable summer story, capturing the relaxing, renewing quality of life at the shore.”—New Orleans Times-Picayune “Breezy…deeply appealing.”—Connecticut Post “Green’s best novel in years, a compelling, unputdownable read.”—BooklistMore Praise for the Novels of Jane Green“Gripping and powerful.”—Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author“The perfect summer read.”―Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author“A warm bath of a novel that draws you in…Green’s sympathetic portrayals…resonate.”—USA Today“Warm, witty, sharp and insightful. Jane Green writes with such honesty and zing.”―Sophie Kinsella, New York Times bestselling author“Her compelling tale reflects an understanding of contemporary women that’s acute and compassionate, served up with style.”―People“The kind of novel you’ll gobble up at a single sitting.”—Cosmopolitan“A smart, complex, character-driven read.”—The Washington Post“Green’s novels consistently deliver believable, accessible, heartfelt, often heartwarming stories about real people, problems, and feelings.”—Redbook

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ This book is hard to read. It has several pov/storylines. That’s not really the problem. The problem is that it jumps around from pov to pov with no warning. Most of the time not only doesn’t the change in the pov not happen at the beginning of a new chapter, it usually just runs on from the previous. I’ll be reading and think “this doesn’t make sense”, and then I realize we’ve moved on to one of the other storylines. Also, within a storyline it jumps with no warnings. “uh… how did they get there all of a sudden?” I’ve read Jane Green before. If this was my first Jane Green it would be my last.

⭐ Nan is in her 60’s and has been living as a widower on Nantucket for decades. She is quite eccentric (think swimming naked in the neighbor’s pool when they aren’t around). Her financial adviser tells her she is in dire straights financially and needs to sell her beloved home. She resists and harks upon the idea to rent some rooms as a bed and breakfast. Enter Daniel, newly separated from his wife Bea, and struggling with many internal issues. Daff, a newly divorced woman who is having so many problems with her teen daughter Jessica. Jessica insists on living with her dad and his new girlfriend, Carrie, so Daff decides to take a much needed vacation. Michael, Nan’s son, is escaping a horrible relationship and his job and needs to come for a refresh. It doesn’t take long for these guests to bond and become their own family and support system. Nonjudgemental Nan always has an open ear, takes everything in her stride, and is kindness itself. Jessica comes to stay and turns over a new leaf by helping babysit Daniel and Bea’s girls and helping Nan with the garden. Unexpected romances begin. But underlying is Nan’s financial difficulties. Mark, a developer, offers her a way out. But is he being truthful and honest? We also see that as much as Nan seems to be a free spirit, she isn’t dumb or a pushover.

⭐ Interesting book of character studies. But the format made it difficult for the first several chapters. To breakup the characters the book was talking about there was no true definition of spacing between totally different conversations not relating to the previous sentences.This could of been the problem with my IPad or receiving the Kindle edition of the ebook. The leading, spacing, between the lines was a fraction larger than the other spacing and hardly noticeable.I am always interested on the format the writer will use to tell a story whether fiction or non-fiction. I also will force myself to read anuncomfortable format if I think the writer and story have merit. Giving only three stars because it was hard to follow.

⭐ While on a beach vacation, I looked for some beach-themed novels to read while away. I never heard of Jane Green, but her book, The Beach House, looked interesting. What a fun read this turned out to be. The plot and characters were more developed than in a typical summer read, although it was a bit predictable in spots.The Beach House is actually Windermere, a grand old lady-of-a-house on Nantucket, owned by the eccentric Nan Powell. Nan is a widow who is having trouble making ends meet. At one time, the Powells were one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket, but that was before her husband gambled away much of their fortune and bad investments took care of the rest. She decides to rent out rooms to bring in some income. And of course, she has to first spiff up her aging home. Her renters are a mixed bag and you kind of figure where this story will end. The viewpoints switch between characters. In addition to Nan, Daff is a divorcee with an out-of-control teenaged daughter. Bee and Daniel seem to be the perfect couple, but Daniel hides a dark secret. And Michael, Nan’s son, lives in New York City where he’s a jeweler. He can’t seem to find a lasting relationship. When he starts an ill-fated affair with a married woman, it will change and maybe even destroy his life. Just about every character discovers what they’re searching for at Windermere. Yet, even though it is predictable in spots, it takes quite a while for this novel to develop and there’s a real shocker toward the end. The Beach House proved to be a great book for the beach.I never heard of Jane Green before reading Beach House, but I learned that she has a number of good novels and a loyal following. This novel will definitely not be my last by Green.

⭐ This if a fun summer read, just the thing to take on the beach and enjoy on a lazy afternoon.The Kindle edition however is dreadful. I imagine the print edition has obvious breaks in the text when the point of view changes; either through triple spacing of the paragraph at the shift or by using ornamental bullets/leafs/printer’s marks to indicate the shift. The Kindle edition has nothing to indicate changes in the points of view; the paragraphs just all run together and makes for a jarring read. Suggest Amazon revise the Kindle edition to make it easier to read.

⭐ If all you’re looking for is a simple, no-think, easy breezy read….this is for you! A soap opera on paper….only without any real drama. Characters are likeable enough….and I was able to digest 1 or 2 chapters at bedtime to help put me to sleep…. Other than that? It was VERY difficult to keep track of the characters, their names, their connections…or lack thereof. They were scattered all over….I’d be reading about Michael when suddenly, as if stricken by whiplash, the rest of the page would jump into the life of Jess. Very haphazardly done. Ending was just ….p o o f . Not much here folks.

⭐ I read many many novels of all sorts, but rarely feel compelled to write a review. This book is dreck. Lazy, lazy writing. The plot is pat and predictable. Green uses one word “truculent” four times to describe a single teen character. In the dialog, that same teen uses the word “shall.” An American teen? Really? Although the book is set in New York City and Nantucket, the dialog is British including the phrase “chalk and cheese.” Don’t waste your time. There much better beach reads out there.

⭐ The characters in this novel are representative of American life. Readers will feel connected to a 65-year-old aging matron, Nan Powell, who has lived through disappointments and tragedy without losing her natural optimism, integrity, and joy for life. Other characters include a gay man, recently divorced, who is struggling to come to terms with his sexuality; his wife who feels both betrayed and rejected, yet realizes the divorce gives her time to follow the dreams she set aside years before; a 13-year- old girl, Jessica, who struggles to find her true self while coping with her parent’s divorce; and several others who come together on Natucket Island. As in real life, each faces his/her own dilemmas and finds an answer which allows that person to be true to himself or herself.

⭐ Fictional book about how an elderly woman converts the beach house on Nantucket that once belonged to her husband’s wealthy family to a large bed and breakfast. A few marketing efforts attracts many boarders who are each trying to get relief from various personal problems. The beach atmosphere with community living somehow helps each to resolve a myriad of personal problems. At first the book seems to jump around from character to character but the author manages to bring them altogether, resolve all their issues and end with a happy ending.

⭐ This book was not a relaxing read. Nantucket is a beautiful island and I wish a more detailed description of its nooks and crannies would have been given. I would hesitate to guess the author has never been there. The characters voice and person sometimes change within the same paragraph. There is not a smooth transition from character to character. Nan is the most developed character and the one I liked best. There were also some phrasing that seemed more British than American. The dialogue was stiff at times. For all of these reasons I rate this book a three.

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