THE BEACH HOUSE - A Book Review By Sue Van Der Hout
by Sue Van Der Hout

READ: THE BEACH HOUSE

The Beach House is everything a summer novel should be: warm, wise, wet and sandy. It grabs every woman who’s played the friendship, courtship, true love, marriage and multiply game by the swimstraps and plays out the haunting midlife questions. The ones you ask yourself and very, very close friends: My God is that me and is there still hope to become who I can and want to be? The ones you can’t bear to think about. As one character angsts: «Who would ever love me…[M]y breasts are saggy from childbirth, I have stretch marks on my stomach, legs I forget to shave for months at a time.» The ones you ask your partner: Who are you and are we still relevant? And the biggie: Is there still hope in the face of life lived halfway and in some senses half lived? In Nantucket where the novel takes place, the answer for women [and men] is yes and yes. It’s a sweet and salty read. Girlphyte.com

03.06.2008

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