The Beach House – Helen
McKenna
Publisher: Joshua Books
Publication Date: 2011
Format: Paperback
Pages: 507
Category: Fiction
Blurb:
Nothing
much happens in the small Queensland town of Sunset Point, which is just the
way the locals like it. So, when an outsider with grand plans threatens to
demolish an iconic local landmark and build a huge resort, the battle lines are
drawn.
Young
journalist Jessica hopes to make it big with her coverage of the court case,
but first she has to appease her editor and put a human interest spin on the
situation. At first glance the five people she chooses to background have
little in common; but it soon becomes apparent that staying at The Beach House
has changed all of them in some way.
In
telling the stories of Kate, Simone, Tom, Clare and Jack, Jessica too learns
some important life lessons.
Review:
This
book is filled with wonderful stories of people who have spent time staying at
The Beach House. They have nothing in common bar the house itself. One thing
that happens during each stay at The Beach House if life changing.
It’s
beautifully written and inspiring.
At
first it looked like a huge story but it’s not, it’s divided into sections
where each of the five tell their story of their stay at The Beach House. It
started off from Kate’s stay in 1994 to Jack’s stay in 2003.
There
is great diversity throughout each story.
Jim
Stewart is a life guard at Sunset Point and appears in each story. In Jack’s
story Jim appears more and we learn a lot about Jim and his life at Sunset
Point.
5/5
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