Summer rental

Format:

Book (large print)

Title:

Summer rental

Author:

Andrews, Mary Kay, 1954-

ISBN:

9781410437334

9781594135224

Edition:

Large print ed.

Publication Information:

Detroit [Mich.] : Wheeler Pub./Gale Cengage Learning, 2011.

Physical Description:

683 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

Series title(s):

Wheeler large print book series.

Summary:

Ellis questions everything she believed after losing an all-consuming job, while Julia struggles with insecurities that threaten a loving relationship and Dorie confronts a maelstrom of problems after a shocking betrayal.

Subject(s):

Women -- Fiction.

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Summer -- Fiction.

Vacations -- Fiction.

Outer Banks (N.C.) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Outer Banks (N.C.) -- Fiction.

North Carolina -- Outer Banks.

Genre:

Holds:

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Summary

Ellis, Julia and Dorie. Best friends since Catholic grade school, they now find themselves, in their midthirties, at the crossroads of life and love. A month in North Carolina's Outer Banks is just what each of them needs. Ty Bazemore, their landlord, is about to lose everything he's ever cared about. Maryn Shackleford is a stranger who needs just a few things in life. Five people who each need a sea change-and a month in a summer rental just might give it to them.

Author Notes

Mary Kay Andrews was born Kathy Hogan Trocheck on July 27, 1954 in St. Petersburg, Florida. She received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Georgia. She worked for fourteen years as a reporter, mainly at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, before becoming a full-time author.

Under Kathy Hogan Trocheck, she wrote 10 mysteries including the Callahan Garrity Mystery series and the Truman Kicklighter Mysteries series. Under Mary Kay Andrews, her works include the Weezie and Bebe series, Little Bitty Lies, Hissy Fit, Deep Dish, The Fixer Upper, Summer Rental, Spring Fever, Ladies Night, Save the Date, and Beach Town.

Mary Kay's title, The Weekenders, made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2016.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Andrews (Savannah Blues) spins a beach blanket sizzler around three lifelong friends who grew up together in Savannah-unemployed banker Ellis, model Julia, teacher Dorie-and reunite in Nags Head, N.C., for a month-long holiday at a rundown rental elegantly named the Ebbtide. But when the 30-somethings BFFs, each of whom is struggling with life-changing crises, take in Maryn, a stranger and runaway-wife, the beachy holiday takes on a dangerous edge. To the rescue comes handsome landlord Ty, who's renting out his ramshackle family home in hopes of staving off foreclosure. Amid all the romantic entanglements-Julia with her marriage-phobia, love-shy Ellis, and Dorie with her truckload of drama-Andrews pulls off an exciting tale of Maryn's abusive embezzler husband. This warm weather treat has a lot going for it, not least the sunny forecast that summer love can blossom into a four-season commitment. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

In this tailor-made beach read, three longtime friends escape for a month-long vacation in North Carolina's Outer Banks. The break comes at just the right time for each woman. Ellis has just been laid off, and she hasn't been with a man since her disastrous, short-lived marriage years ago. Julia's modeling career is coming to a close, but she's not sure if she's ready to settle down to marriage and children with her longtime boyfriend. Dorie's husband left her just as she found out that she's pregnant. In their ramshackle rented beach house, Ebbtide, the women share laughs, tears, plans, and setbacks. They cheer Ellis on as she starts a fling with Ebbtide's handsome, surly owner, and plot how to save Ebbtide from foreclosure. Andrews, author of The Fixer Upper (2010), writes another charmer with a picturesque southern setting and winsome female characters.--Walker, Aleksandr. Copyright 2010 Booklist

Library Journal Review

Three girlfriends share a month of frolicking, romance, and self-discovery on North Carolina's Outer Banks until the arrival of a fourth roommate ratchets up the drama. Andrews excels at creating relatable characters and has a wicked sense of humor. (LJ 5/1/11) (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.