Island Girls by Nancy Thayer
Rory Randall is dead and he left his
Nantucket house to his three daughters, Arden, Meg and Jenny, on one condition:
they need to live together in the house for a whole summer. Arden and Meg were “exiled” from the house by
their stepmother, Jenny’s mother, when they were young. This will be the first time the half-sisters
have seen their step-sister since the summer they were sent away twenty or more
years ago. Can they survive a whole
summer together? Can the issues in their
lives, and between them, be resolved by these island girls?
This is a great beach read that
would be enjoyable to read or listen to.
(I listened and the voices were distinct and fit the characters
well.) Everything you expect in a beach
read is here: a beach (Nantucket), women with life obstacles they need to (and
do) overcome, its summer, and it all ends amazingly happy. Is it totally unbelievable? I think so, family problems are rarely
resolved so quickly, but that didn’t take away from the enjoyment of the
listen.
