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The Last Beach Bungalow

by Jennie Nash

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Publisher Comments:

A poignant novel about a woman who survives breast cancer, only to struggle with what comes next: living.

After five cancer-free years, April Newton should be celebrating, but instead she's restless. She feels her husband slipping away, and though the spectacular, stylish house he's building for her should be a fresh start, April finds herself wanting something more. As their move-in date approaches, she becomes obsessed with winning the right to buy the last bungalow in Redondo Beach, convinced that the quirky, lived-in little house represents comfort, completeness-everything she is missing in her life. And though her quest for the bungalow will take some surprising twists, it may put back together the pieces of her heart.

Review:

"In Nash's winning debut, a long illness and mastectomy have put April Newton's life on hold for five years, and have made her and husband Rick practically strangers in and out of bed. As they prepare to move into the Redondo Beach, Calif., house Rick designed for them while she was still in treatment — with their teenage daughter, Jackie, in the throes of her first love — April's eye strays to a classic nearby beach bungalow being offered in a contest by an eccentric widow, who asks: 'What would you give — besides money — to live here?' Under the guise of a shelter-magazine assignment, April tours the house of a sort that has all but disappeared, and meets its owner, who, for reasons of her own, promises to let it go below market to the most deserving applicant by Christmas. For April, it might be the perfect place to furnish a new life, one that might not have room for her distant husband and daughter. This grown-up fable replaces the erotics of sex with the erotics of floor plans, but April's midlife crisis and difficult adjustments ring true, as do the plot's surprising turns." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
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About the Author

Jennie Nash is the author of two books of narrative nonfiction. The Last Beach Bungalow is her first novel.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780425219270
Author:
Nash, Jennie
Publisher:
Berkley Trade
Subject:
Dwellings
Subject:
Psychological aspects
Subject:
General
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Dwellings -- Psychological aspects.
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
2008
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Publication Date:
20080205
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
7.30x5.82x.76 in. .49 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18
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Product details 288 pages Berkley Publishing Group - English 9780425219270 Reviews:
"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "In Nash's winning debut, a long illness and mastectomy have put April Newton's life on hold for five years, and have made her and husband Rick practically strangers in and out of bed. As they prepare to move into the Redondo Beach, Calif., house Rick designed for them while she was still in treatment — with their teenage daughter, Jackie, in the throes of her first love — April's eye strays to a classic nearby beach bungalow being offered in a contest by an eccentric widow, who asks: 'What would you give — besides money — to live here?' Under the guise of a shelter-magazine assignment, April tours the house of a sort that has all but disappeared, and meets its owner, who, for reasons of her own, promises to let it go below market to the most deserving applicant by Christmas. For April, it might be the perfect place to furnish a new life, one that might not have room for her distant husband and daughter. This grown-up fable replaces the erotics of sex with the erotics of floor plans, but April's midlife crisis and difficult adjustments ring true, as do the plot's surprising turns." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
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