Reading this is like listening to the Beach Boys music on a beautiful summer day – it’s light and fun but has harmonious layers to enjoy as well. The author, Nancy Thayer is well-known for her Nantucket-themed books, she displays a love for the topography of the island but interjects just enough glitz and glamour into each of her novels. This story follows the coming of age of two girlfriends on the island, but from different worlds. Emily Porter lives a rich, privileged life and Maggie McIntrye has more of a scrappy, pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps attitude, but they are best friends. Tensions ebb and flow as the girls mature and their stations in life pull them in different directions, but the island serves as a touch point for both of them. Midway through, there is a (nearly) implausible turn of events that happen to both young women at almost exactly the same time, which I didn’t love, but I was able to look past. This is a great read for someone who enjoys contemporary female stories, fairly light in tone, with the right amount of romance and dreamy landscape setting the scene.
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