genre: fiction
recap: {back cover} nan powell is a free-spirited, sixty-five-year-old widow who's not above skinny dipping in her neighbors' pools when they're away and who dearly loves her nantucket home. but when she discovers the money she thought would last forever is dwindling, she realizes she must make drastic changes to save her beloved house. so nan takes out an ad: rooms to rent for the summer in a beautiful old nantucket home with water views and direct access to the beach.
slowly people start moving into the house, filling it with noise, laughter, and with tears. as the house comes alive again, nan finds her family and friends expanding. her son comes home for the summer, and then an unexpected visitor turns all their lives upside down.
review: as always, very good. jane green always creates such real characters, and you can feel the emotion. the twist at the end was surprising, but i wish it had come a little earlier. i wish there had been time for conversations and more interaction before he died. i suppose that's real life, and the lesson is to act now because life is short, but still. i don't read books for real life, i read them to escape.
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