Life's a Beach (edition 2007)

by Claire Cook (Author)

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Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) HTML: Life's a bit of a beach these days for Ginger Walsh, who's single at 41 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. .… (more)

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Title:	Life's a Beach
Authors:	Claire Cook (Author)
Info:	Voice (2007), Edition: 1st, 256 pages
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Ok for a mindless and predictable romance. I liked it well enough to give it 3 stars. (

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BrandyWinn | Feb 2, 2024 |

Funny and well written. A great summer read! (

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QoDNC | Dec 10, 2019 |

Cute.
Very quick read.

Ginger is the youngest, she's 41 but definitely takes her role as younger, less mature sibling, to heart.
Geri is the older sister, about to turn 50. She's taking her role as older sister very literally as she is still somewhat caring for Ginger while also assuming she can't take care of herself and make adult decisions.

The sisterly squabbles got a bit much at times.

When Geri's son is offered a small role in a movie, Ginger offers to care for him.

I thought the cat was the most entertaining character (I am a cat person though). I kind of wanted Ginger to find away to let her cat continue to create his art lol seriously, wouldn't that have been adorable? (

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Mishale1 | Dec 29, 2018 |

I absolutely adored this book! Such a fun, touching story. (

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cubsfan3410 | Sep 1, 2018 |

This wasn't a bad book, but it wasn't great either. Mildly entertaining, but the characters were shallow and the story ambled along without purpose until it finally ended.. (

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bcrowl399 | Mar 23, 2018 |

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Life's a bit of a beach these days for Ginger Walsh, who's single at 41 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.

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Must Love Dogs author Cook returns with Ginger Walsh, 41, who has ditched her job in sales and moved above her parent's garage with a cat she calls Boyfriend— despite (or because of) her casual relationship with alluring glassblower Noah. As big sister Geri gets anxious about her impending 50th, their parents decide to sell the house, and Geri's second-grader Riley lands a small role in a horror movie being filmed in their quaint New England town. Ginger babysits Riley on the set and meets a gaffer who may be charming enough to make her forget all about Noah. Cook's wit and unflagging heart save this moderately paced beach read from its anticlimactic ending.

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