Beachcombers

More then a hint of Jane Austin and LITTLE WOMEN makes this a breezy summer escape. Handsome widower Jim Fox finds his house overflowing with women when two of his adult daughters move back home to Nantucket to join the one still there and he rents out his backyard cottage to a divorcée to make up for his loss of contracting jobs. Narrator Karen White gets the love and jealousies of the grown sisters just right while making all the characters believable and engaging. With White's capable handling, each person's story draws one in and ultimately leaves one as satisfied as a weekend getaway. D.G. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

April 26, 2010
After her husband leaves her for one of her best friends, middle-aged Marina Warren takes a friend’s advice and retreats to Nantucket, the stomping grounds of her youth. She rents a cottage from handsome local widower Jim Fox, who has recently welcomed back his two older daughters, Emma and Abbie, into the house he shares with his third daughter, Lily. Emma has recently lost her job and been left by her fiancé, while Abbie has decided to start an odd-jobs company servicing the wealthy summer crowd. Lily, meanwhile, earns a living as a society reporter for the local magazine and stews in her resentment toward her sisters (who return the sentiment) and newcomer Marina, who clearly has eyes for her father. As each search for fulfillment (and a man), they encounter vexing villains, class struggle, and good old-fashioned romance. Thayer gives narration duties to each sister and Marina in turn, keeping the proceedings fun and engrossing, if a bit repetitive.