Bess Codman’s life has turned upside
down. She is a beautiful, smart ER doctor in San Francisco embroiled in an
unexpected and bitter divorce and has flown back to Nantaucket to stay at her
family’s summer home called Cliff House. Her eccentric, bizarre mother is there
trying to save their historic home as the nearby cliffs erode into the sea. (One
interesting point is that these cliffs did erode in real life!) The danger is threatening
and her mother’s behavior is beyond passionate and borderline schizophrenic.
Bess has flown across the country to convince her mother to pack up and also attend
her favorite cousin’s wedding, in the interim spilling the beans about her
impending divorce. Her childhood sweetheart, adorable and perfect magically appears
by her side to console, assist and rekindle long ago highschool feelings. The
story is alternately narrated in the past by her grandmother Ruby, for whom Cliff
House held great historical importance, and Bess dealing with present dangers
and dramas. This third novel by Michelle Gable was my least favorite. (I devoured
her other two!) Although I liked the idea and setting, I found the characters
unrealistic and situations improbable. Some of you may enjoy this as a light
summer read but it was no vacation for me, I couldn’t wait for it to end.
So glad I stopped by! I've never read anything by Gable, but got this one from the publisher. Based on your thoughts, I'm going to take a pass on it, but will add her to my list of TBR authors!
ReplyDeleteI think you may like her first book "A Paris Apartment" but I was disappointed with this one. I am confounded by your Into the Water review, I was SO looking forward to this one. How can these reads go so far one way to the other????
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