Friday, June 2, 2023

Book Beginnings on Fridays/The Friday 56 - June 2nd




This is a fun meme to do hosted by Freda's Voice. If you'd like to join on the fun go to The Friday 56.

Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Link it here.

It's that simple.





I'm also joining in Book Beginnings on Friday. It's hosted by Rose City Reader


This looks really good.  I'll be reading it soon.  The excerpts are from the E-ARC.



First Chapter

How do you know when a marriage is truly over?

From 56% on my e-reader...

"Oh dear.  I hope he doesn't make things difficult for you and Alison."

Synopsis from Goodreads:

The Bookshop by the Bay is a breezy, escapist beach read from powerhouse bestselling women’s fiction author Pamela Kelley.

Two lifelong friends. One bookshop by the beach. And the summer that could change everything.

Jess loves her work as a high-profile lawyer in the respectable and austere city of Charleston. But when she finds her husband, Parker, has been cheating on her with his assistant, she retreats, with her thirty year-old daughter Caitlin for support, to her childhood home on Cape Cod, in Chatham. Caitlin has always been bright but directionless, looking for her passion but keeps coming up blank. And Jess needs to regroup with the help of good food and wine, the company of her best friend, Allison, and come up with a plan for the future.

Allison’s career has hit a low. After twenty years as an editor for the Chatham magazine, circulation is dwindling and though her boss and long-time friend, Jim, does everything to keep her, she has no choice but to take a step back. With a career on hiatus and her main relationship being with Chris, her ex-husband who is still a good friend, Allison is at a pivotal point in life. Her daughter Julia opened her own artisanal jewelry shop a year prior, and she has the kind of day-to-day fulfillment Allison yearns for.

When Allison stops into her beloved local bookstore one day and learns that the owner wants to sell, a long-held dream turns into a reality, thanks to Jess. Allison and Jess set a plan in motion and what was once a place that held warm childhood memories is now theirs to run. As the two friends, along with the help of their daughters, reopen the doors of the cherished bookstore and adjacent coffee shop to the community, they also open themselves up to the possibility of romance, the bonds of mothers and daughters, and the magic of second chances.

What do you think?  What are you sharing today?



8 comments:

  1. I always try to find a bookstore when I visit the beach/coast...not sure why. Reading at the beach here in Washington State is usually not possible, even in the summer.

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  2. That first sentence is a little somber isn't it?

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  3. I love the cover and wish I was at the beach reading!! I hope you enjoy it. Have a great weekend!

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  4. What an opener! Bring tissues! Happy weekend!

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  5. Looks like a good one for summer! Have a great weekend. :)

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  6. This sounds wonderful and I love the teasers you shared - especially the beginning.

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