The Bookshop at Water's End

ByPatti Callahan Henry

Release Date: 2017-07-11
Genre: Family Fiction & Literature

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 254 Ratings

Description

The women who spent their childhood summers in a small southern town discover it harbors secrets as lush as the marshes that surround it...

Bonny Blankenship’s most treasured memories are of idyllic summers spent in Watersend, South Carolina, with her best friend, Lainey McKay. Amid the sand dunes and oak trees draped with Spanish moss, they swam and wished for happy-ever-afters, then escaped to the local bookshop to read and whisper in the glorious cool silence. Until the night that changed everything, the night that Lainey’s mother disappeared.

Now, in her early fifties, Bonny is desperate to clear her head after a tragic mistake threatens her career as an emergency room doctor, and her marriage crumbles around her. With her troubled teenage daughter, Piper, in tow, she goes back to the beloved river house, where she is soon joined by Lainey and her two young children. During lazy summer days and magical nights, they reunite with bookshop owner Mimi, who is tangled with the past and its mysteries. As the three women cling to a fragile peace, buried secrets and long ago loves return like the tide.

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Reviews

Friendship, finding yourself, acceptance
5
By RedMook
I truly enjoyed this book. It is all softness introspection, community and family, gently coming together to allow the characters to find themselves and accept the changes life brings. Beautiful to read.
Such a Complex and Moving Story
5
By didishooshoo
I wasn’t sure about this story, but the ending really won it over for me! This story grabbed my attention right away and it had a lot of moving parts. I loved the characters in this story and just loved the storyline!
Too basic!
2
By Jeff M.A
The basics are there but no twists or turns we couldn’t see or write ourselves. I like happy endings but this was too syrupy for me.
Enjoyable
5
By ReaderFan2017777
What a lovely tale of friendship; love; pain; loss, forgiveness. Terrific storytelling. Recommended reading
Full of heart and sprinkles of Mary Alice Monroe and Dotty Frank. A very enjoyable read.
5
By dkli210
Great characters filled with flaws and goodness they have trouble seeing in themselves. Mimi sees it and is a wise and tender hearted guide throughout I look forward to my next Patti Callahan novel. I’ve made a new friend !!