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The Lifeguards
The Lifeguards: A Novel | Amanda Eyre Ward
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In sunny Austin, Texas, the bonds between three picture-perfectbut viciously protectivemothers and their close-knit sons are tested during one unforgettable summer in The Lifeguards from the New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters. With The Lifeguards, Amanda Eyre Ward brings all the thrills of Big Little Lies to the privileged, sun-dappled private patios of Austins rich-mom set. The result is a juicy and irresistible roller coaster of a read.Allison Lynn, author of The Exiles Austins Zilker Park neighborhood is a wonderland of greenbelt trails, live music, and moms who drink a few too many margaritas. Whitney, Annette, and Liza have grown thick as thieves as they have raised their children together for fifteen years. While each of them has their own set of values and backgrounds, they share the belief that they can shelter their children from an increasingly dangerous world. The womens three teenaged sons are about to begin a carefree summer as lifeguards. Whitney, Annette, and Lizas friendship is unbreakableas safe as the neighborhood where they've raised their sweet little boys. Or so they think. One night, the three women have been enjoying happy hour when their boys come back on bicycles from a late-night dip in their favorite swimming hole. The boys share a secretnews that will shatter the perfect world their mothers have so painstakingly created. Combining three mothers points of view in a powerful narrative tale with commentary from entertaining neighborhood listservs, secret text messages, and police reports, The Lifeguards is both a story about the secrets we tell to protect the ones we love and a riveting novel of suspense filled with half-truths and betrayals, fierce love and complicated friendships, and the loss of innocence on one hot summer night.
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GinaKButler
The Lifeguards: A Novel | Amanda Eyre Ward
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Carline reading! Up next: our book club pick. This one will give me a bingo!
#bookspinbingo

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BittersweetBooks
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There is a space, I think, between understanding that we are all alone—unknowable—and acknowledging this lonely truth. Some of us live forever in this space. I certainly tried 🛟

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Adventures-of-a-French-Reader
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Panpan

Book club read.
Fast-paced mystery that I didn't really get into... Quite unrealistic, and when you really think of it, the plot is stupid. I guess the author wanted readers to ask themselves how far someone could go to protect one's children, but it's a big fail to me...

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Bibliophile004
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Pickpick

Great read! Suspenseful at parts. I found it very relateable as a mom living in a planned community.

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Julsmarshall
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Pickpick

Loved this! Solid mystery, great social commentary, compelling setting, juicy family drama. Such a page turner! And always fun to read a book set in your hometown! BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Julsmarshall
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My June #BookspinBingo list! Always fun to think about what I‘ll read next! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 2y
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marleed
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Pickpick

I‘m a bit obsessed with Austin, TX (my pic of Lake Travis in the background) so was drawn to the book‘s setting. I liked getting to know the three moms and their kids, and I didn‘t expect the ending. I would have preferred a tighter story with some supporting characters dropped to allow more inspection in core parts, but overall I liked it.

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LeslieO
The Lifeguards: A Novel | Amanda Eyre Ward
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Just started the tagged book and the cover reminded me of something. Finally thought of it, Malibu Rising!

LiteraryinLawrence You‘re so right! 2y
Hooked_on_books It also reminds me of this one 2y
LeslieO @Hooked_on_books Yes! A trend (edited) 2y
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Sharpeipup
The Lifeguards: A Novel | Amanda Eyre Ward
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This picture was taken earlier in the week - just before my root canal.🦷
I don‘t remember much after that. 🤤

Megabooks Root canals suck 👎🏻👎🏻 2y
Megabooks I hope you‘re feeling better. 2y
AmyG Ugh. Feel better. 2y
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LKK526
The Lifeguards: A Novel | Amanda Eyre Ward
Mehso-so

Three women each has a 15-year-old who is a lifeguard. One night the boys find a girl‘s body in the so-called green space where this upper middle class neighborhood can enjoy the cool pools as escape from the Austin, Texas heat. The plot centers around who might have something to do with the death. I give this a so-so because the women seem like stock characters that we‘ve all known before. It‘s an entertaining read for just a fairly written book

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TorieStorieS
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Pickpick

Happy Publication Day! I just love Ward‘s writing and her latest is a summery and exciting drama of friendship, family, secrets and murder set in Austin, TX! With multiple narrators, some multimedia inclusions and an exciting plot that moves across timelines, this is a real page turner! Some characters are more frustrating than others and some questions go unanswered, but it makes for a genuinely entertaining and riveting read!