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All The Summer Girls

All The Summer Girls, June 2013
by Meg Donohue

William Morrow
288 pages
ISBN: 0062203819
EAN: 9780062203816
Kindle: B009NF6XEK
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"Even Best Friends Have Secrets"

Fresh Fiction Review

All The Summer Girls
Meg Donohue

Reviewed by Susan Dyer
Posted April 7, 2013

Women's Fiction Contemporary

ALL THE SUMMER GIRLS by Meg Donahue is the story of childhood best friends. There's Kate and Collin, twins who were like night and day.  There is also Dani and Vanessa.  Every summer,  growing up they would all go to Dani's Dad's beach house in Avalon New Jersey.  

Fast forward eight years, they decide they need to go to the beach again in the hopes of straightening things out in their lives.  Kate gets dumped by her fiancé on the same day as she learns she is pregnant.  Dani has just been fired again. Vanessa is trying to deal with an episode between her husband and a female co worker. She also finds herself reaching out to an old flame. Is it retaliation for what her husband did or is she searching for a piece of her old self?

They all have secrets concerning Collin and the last time they were together at the shore.  Each one of them has been dealing with the grief and guilt in their own way and this trip is going to bring it all to the surface.

ALL THE SUMMER GIRLS is a great beach read but so much more.  I love the story that Meg presents and will highly recommend to all of my reading friends. It grabs you right from the get go and keeps you turning the pages late into the night. I grew up in New Jersey and going to the shore was my favorite summer vacation.  Meg and ALL THE SUMMER GIRLS brought back so many good memories for me.  This is a beautifully written story of best friends and the choices they make.  Is there friendship strong enough to survive the secrets they have held back from each other?  Read it and find out. You won't be sorry!

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SUMMARY

All the Summer Girls by Meg Donohue is a riveting coming-of-age tale set on the New Jersey shore. Donohue, the author of the bestselling novel How to Eat a Cupcake, is a master of literary fiction; her skill is demonstrated in this charming and moving second novel.

Set among the sunsets and dunes, All the Summer Girls is the story of how three former best friends, their lives rapidly unraveling, are reunited at the beach town of their past—where the ambience of summer encourages them to explore new experiences they would never otherwise attempt.

When dark secrets threaten to surface, Kate, Vanessa, and Dani begin to realize just how much their lives—and friendships—have been shaped by the choices they made one fateful summer night years ago. In the hope of finally moving forward, the women turn to one another for forgiveness—but how can they forgive each other when they can’t forgive themselves?

Meg Donohue is a phenomenal talent, and fans of Sarah Pekkanen, Susan Mallery, and Catherine McKenzie, will be enthralled by this rich and detailed novel about women, relationships, and forgiveness.


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