The Beach House by Jane Green Summary
Spellbound by Jane Green. Read online, or download in secure ePub format. Alice knows she should be happy. After all she has a handsome husband, a beautiful house and membership to all the most exclusive clubs in London. So what if the rumours about her husband's skirt-chasing are becoming harder to ignore? When Joe's indiscretions force a.
Disregarding local gossip that pegs her as an eccentric, sixty-five-year-old Nantucket widow Nan skinny-dips in unattended pools and steals her neighbors' flowers before her dwindling funds force her to take in boarders, a change that brings new friends and an unexpected visitor. 150,000 first printing.
Love is not an abstract idea. It is not saying 'I'm here for you, let me know if you need me'. It's making the decision, when someone close to you is in trouble, about what you will DO to fix as much as you can for them. It's a 'doing' thing. A verb.
For Callie, love is about looking after her family - her husband and two children - and their beautiful home.
For Steff, Callie's younger sister, love is about experiencing all that life has to offer without having to ever settle down.
For Lila, Callie's best friend, love is about finding a soulmate. And when she meets divorced father-of-two Eddie, she knows her search is over.
For Walter and Honor, Callie and Steff's divorced parents, love is about caring for the daughters they share.
Then Callie gets some life-changing news. And suddenly the whole family is about to understand what 'love' really, really means....
- Penguin Books Ltd; June 2010
- ISBN: 9780141960227
- Read online, or download in secure ePub format
- Title: The Love Verb
- Author: Jane Green
- Imprint: Penguin
Subject categories
- Fiction > Romance > Contemporary
- Romance > Contemporary
- Fiction > Genre Fiction
- Fiction > Romance > Humorous
ISBNs
- 9780141038643
- 9780141960227
About The Author
Jane Green is the Number One bestselling author of nineteen novels including: Straight Talking, Jemima J, Mr Maybe, Bookends, Babyville, Spellbound, The Other Woman, Life Swap, Second Chance, The Beach House, Girl Friday, The Love Verb, The Patchwork Marriage, The Accidental Husband and Tempting Fate. Jane and her husband live in Connecticut with their blended family of six children.