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The Beach House
Apr 15, 2025 6:34 AM

Author:Jane Green

The Beach House

Lose yourself in the perfect heart-warming read for summer, for fans of Jill Mansell, Katie Fforde, and Carole Matthews, from number one bestseller Jane Green

Nan, a widow whose family has flown the nest, is an independent, free-spirited woman who couldn't care less what people think about her living alone in her beloved beach house.

But when money starts running out and she might lose her home, she knows it's time for a drastic change.

Nan decides to rent out rooms for the summer, filling the house with noise, laughter and tears.

Among the visitors is Daniel, a recently divorced father, who's struggling to find out who he really is, and Daff, the single mother of a truculent teenager who blames her mother unreservedly for her parents' divorce.

But as the house comes to life again, Nan finds her family growing . . .

Her son comes home for the summer and an unexpected visitor turns up, turning all their lives upside down.

From the bestselling author of The Sunshine Sisters, Summer Secrets and Falling comes a heart-warming and compelling story of friendship, love and those moments that can change your life.

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'A corker of a story, sharply and elegantly told' Heat

'A delicious treat confirming that Green is still the queen of chick lit' In Style

Reviews

A corker of a story, sharply and elegantly told

—— Heat

A delicious treat confirming that Green is still queen of chick lit

—— In Style

Fizzing with fast-and-furious dialogue, this is vintage Green

—— Eve

Warm and funnyWhite Lies and Wishes is a celebration of the power of friendship.

—— My Weekly

So wonderfully life-affirming, a true tonic that will warm your heart and quite possibly inspire you to make your own wishes come true … I loved it.

—— Alexandra Brown

A wonderful book that is full of true friendships, dreams and the desire to laugh. I think I may have just found one of my new favourite books.

—— The Writing Garnet

A gorgeous, heart-warming and life-affirming delight

—— Rachael Lucas

It made me want to seize the day! Life affirming with a very happy ending.

—— Jo Thomas

I LOVED this book SO MUCH! It by far surpasses me saying that it's my favourite Cathy Bramley...just amazing. I can't tell you how refreshing it was

—— Donna Trinder - Bookish Bits Blog

A joyous thing to read.

—— Press Association

Engaging characters, a stately home and a sweeping romance. This is delightful!

—— Katie Fforde

Clever, intriguing, chilling - and utterly impossible to put down

—— Grazia on When We Were Friends

Taut, compelling . . . a storming read

—— The Bookseller Books of the Year 2013 on One Step Too Far

One Step Too Far is a genius tale with a twist

—— Stylist

A whip-smart thriller that keeps you guessing right up until the final shocking twist

—— Mirror on One Step Too Far

Pitoniak maintains her keen eye for the universal insecurities facing her generation today, from romantic uncertainties and the relative benefits and downsides of hedge fund and nonprofit jobs to the emotional effort it requires to negotiate the predetermined facts of one's upbringing with the person one chooses to become

—— Harper's Bazaar

Pitoniak's debut focuses on that time of life that is at turns both exhilarating and terrifying: right after getting out of college, when you're forced to confront who you are and who you want to be, when you know life is just beginning, but you're also starting to feel like many of your options are fading away

—— Best New Books of 2017 , Nylon

Pitoniak's precise and incisive powers of observation gives us a book with startling grace notes

—— NPR.org

Anna Pitoniak's inspired debut centers on two recent college grads who move to New York City together during the 2008 recession and watch their relationship change drastically

—— Instyle

The One is one of a kind – and singularly good.

—— Barbara Copperthwaite

A fresh, compelling, psychological thriller that will keep you guessing!

—— Mandy Baggot

insanely brilliant

—— Gillian McAllister

pacy, thrilling and very original. The plot is fabulous

—— Askews Newsletter

A page-turning psychological thriller with a difference, this is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.

—— Irish Examiner
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