Mary Kay Andrews

Summer rental

Stavroula Kalantzis

Disappointed with the ending of the book. One of the characters leaves her group of newfound friends and does not get the happy ending that her counterparts get. We don't know what becomes of her and I had readily identified with her given her history with men. I really sympathized with her tough situation and hoped for a better ending for her.

Megan Leprich

This was my first book by Mary Kay Andrews and I absolutely loved it. I loved that the book followed three best friends that have known each other since grade school as they all go through huge changes in their life in their mid-thirties. The characters were all amazing and I loved the writing style and the plot. I will definitely be reading more by the author!

Wendy Weiler

Lindsey B

Melaina Stopper

Sometimes, when you need a change in your life, the tide just happens to pull you in the right direction... Ellis, Julia, and Dorie. Best friends since Catholic grade school, they now find themselves, in their mid-thirties, at the crossroads of life and love. Ellis, recently fired from a job she gave everything to, is rudderless and now beginning to question the choices she's made over the past decade of her life. Julia--whose caustic wit covers up her wounds--has a man who loves her and is offering her the world, but she can't hide from how deeply insecure she feels about her looks, her brains, her life. And Dorie has just been shockingly betrayed by the man she loved and trusted the most in the world...though this is just the tip of the iceberg of her problems and secrets. A month in North Carolina's Outer Banks is just what they each of them needs. Ty Bazemore is their landlord, though he's hanging on to the rambling old beach house by a thin thread. After an inauspicious first meeting with Ellis, the two find themselves disturbingly attracted to one another, even as Ty is about to lose everything he's ever cared about. Maryn Shackleford is a stranger, and a woman on the run. Maryn needs just a few things in life: no questions, a good hiding place, and a new identity. Ellis, Julia, and Dorie can provide what Maryn wants; can they also provide what she needs? Mary Kay Andrews' novel is the story of five people questioning everything they ever thought they knew about life. Five people on a journey that will uncover their secrets and point them on the path to forgiveness. Five people who each need a sea change, and one month in a summer rental that might just give it to them. Summer Rental is one of Library Journal's Best Women's Fiction Books of 2011

Summer rental

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