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The Shore
The Shore: A Novel | Katie Runde
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Set over the course of one summer, this perfect beach read follows a mother and her two daughters as they grapple with heartbreak, young love, and the weight of family secrets. Brian and Margot Dunne live year-round in Seaside, just steps away from the bustling boardwalk, with their daughters Liz and Evy. The Dunnes run a real estate company, making their living by quickly turning over rental houses for tourists. But the familys future becomes even more precarious when Brian develops a brain tumor, transforming into a bizarre, erratic version of himself. Amidst the chaos and new caretaking responsibilities, Liz still seeks out summer adventure and flirting with a guy she should know better than to pursue. Her younger sister Evy works in a candy shop, falls in love with her friend Olivia, and secretly adopts the persona of a middle-aged mom in an online support group, where she discovers her own mothers most vulnerable confessions. Meanwhile, Margot faces an impossible choice driven by grief, impulse, and the ways that small-town life in Seaside has shaped her. Falling apart is not an option, but she can always pack up and leave the beach behind. The Shore is a powerful, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting novel infused with humor about young women finding sisterhood, friendship, and love in a time of crisis. This big-hearted family saga examines the grit and hustle of running a small business in a tourist town, the ways we connect with strangers when our families cant give us everything we need, and the comfort to be found in embracing the pleasures of youth while coping with unimaginable loss.
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The Shore: A Novel | Katie Runde
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The Shore follows two teen daughters and the wife of a man with terminal brain cancer, as his personality and behavior changes and they have to adjust to these changes along with his inevitable death. Great premise, but the distance between the characters ends up translating to a distance with the reader as well. Plus, I think the cover is beautiful but doesn‘t fit the book at all.

Megabooks 💯 agree 2y
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Megabooks
The Shore: A Novel | Katie Runde
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Mehso-so

I bounced between a so-so and low pick for this, but the focus on the teens instead of their mom made this less desirable.

Brian has a terminal brain tumor that has affected his personality and relationships with his wife and daughters. Mom Margot contemplates starting over after he dies while her daughter Evy spies on her activities in an online forum. Other daughter Liz meets a guy and hides the truth to escape. Lots of miscommunication here!

BarbaraBB Another beautiful pic! I‘ll take a pass on the book! 2y
Cinfhen I was interested in this book when I saw the blurbs but I think I‘ll skip it after your review 2y
Cinfhen I do Iove the cover 💕💕💕 2y
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squirrelbrain Great review, and I don‘t think I‘ll be rushing to read this one. 2y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB thank you! 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen it is a great cover and would‘ve been an ideal summer book if the chapters focused more on mom. It‘s not YA, but it‘s not not YA, if you catch my meaning. 2y
Megabooks @squirrelbrain thank you!! 😘 2y
Cinfhen Yeah/ im feeling you 💖 2y
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BookBosomed1
The Shore: A Novel | Katie Runde
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4/5 ⭐️ This book is about coming to better understand ourselves through the pain of loss and the joy of loving, by encountering past versions of ourselves while simultaneously growing into our future, and by existing amidst the tension of nostalgia & possibility, especially when the place we call “home” is in jeopardy. Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59097080

rachelm Loved this one! 2y
BookBosomed1 @rachelm So good ! I loved the strong sense of place. 2y
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rachelm
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Happy release day to this extraordinary book! If you like books about mothers and daughters, you need this book ASAP. One of my favorites of the year so far

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KatieDid927
The Shore: A Novel | Katie Runde
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Mehso-so

This has more depth than your typical summer beach read. I enjoyed the first 2/3 but the last 1/3 felt really drawn out. I also feel like we spent a disproportionate amount of time in the daughters‘ POV. By the end, that made the book feel like YA. I would‘ve liked to get to know Margot a little better and delve deeper into what she was going through. With her character it still felt fairly surface level for me.

#ARC pub date 5/24