Body Surfing: A Novel - Softcover

Shreve, Anita

3.34

20,390 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316036285 ISBN 13: 9780316036283

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2009

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At the age of 29, Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. Trying to regain her footing, she has answered an ad to tutor the teenage daughter of a well-to-do couple as they spend a sultry summer in their oceanfront New Hampshire cottage. But when the Edwards's two grown sons, Ben and Jeff, arrive at the beach house, Sydney finds herself caught up in a destructive web of old tensions and bitter divisions. As the brothers vie for her affections, the fragile existence Sydney has rebuilt is threatened. With the subtle wit, lyrical language, and brilliant insight into the human heart that has led her to be called "an author at one with her metier" (Miami Herald), Shreve weaves a novel about marriage, family, and the supreme courage it takes to love.

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Review:

As usual, Shreve's powerful storytelling pulls you in like a rip tide (MARIE CLAIRE)

Relationships in all their guises are Shreve's thing; she fascinated by what binds us together and flings us apart . . . Like all Shreve's novels, BODY SURFING examines not only the creation but the breakdown of numerous relationships in their different (GLAMOUR)

More heart-wrenching from the queen of the emotional rollercoaster (DAILY MIRROR)

Shreve writes about emotional dramas and she writes about them well . . . [she has] a talent for intense and catastrophic moments . . . If you have to brand something as the perfect beach or comfort read, then this would be it (EVENING STANDARD)

Book Description:

The bestselling author of A WEDDING IN DECEMBER returns with a scintillating new book about a young widow torn between loving two brothers during one long New England summer.

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