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Life’s a Beach

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What to expect

Life's a bit of a beach these days for Ginger Walsh, who's single at forty-one and living back home in the family FROG (finished room over garage). Geri, her BlackBerry-obsessed sister, is also nearly off the deep end about her pending fiftieth birthday (and might just drag Ginger with her). Toss in a dumpster-picking father, a Kama Sutra T-shirt –wearing mother, a movie crew come to town with a very cute gaffer, an on-again, off-again glassblower boyfriend, plus a couple of Red Hat realtors, and hilarity ensues.

Critics Review

“Claire Cook is wicked good!”

Jacqueline Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean

“Midlife love, laughter, sibling rivalry and self-discovery…Goes down as easy as it sounds.”

People

“Dive into this gleefully quirky coming-of-age story centered on…a  forty-one-year-old. With the help of her hippie parents, Boyfriend the cat,
and a shark-crazy movie crew, Ginger Walsh is finally growing up—and
there’s no escaping a few growing pains.”

Redbook

“Perfect-for-the-beach summer novel…a bumpy delight.”

Boston Common

“In this lighthearted, breezy read, Cook displays a wry sense of humor and knows how to write realistic characters.”

Library Journal
Author Claire Cook
Narrator Kymberly Dakin
Duration 7 hours
Release Date
ISBN 9781602830424
Format Audiobook
Publisher Blackstone Publishing
Genre Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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