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Novelist Jane Green to discuss “The Beach House” at LBI library

LBI-Author Jane Green will visit the Long Beach Island Branch of the Ocean Count Library (217 S. Central Ave, Surf City) 7 p.m. Monday, June 23 to discuss her just-released novel, “The Beach House.” 

Jane Green’s novels “Second Chance” and “To Have and to Hold” were New York Times bestsellers. Her other novels, “Swapping Lives,” “The Other Woman,”  “Bookends,” and “Babyville” all appeared on The New York Times extended bestseller list for hardcover fiction. She was recently awarded the Fun Fearless Fiction Award by Cosmopolitan magazine. She lives in Connecticut with her family.

Green’s avid and loyal fans follow her because she writes about the true-to-life dilemmas of women—and “The Beach House” will not disappoint.

In “The Beach House” protagonist Nan, known in Nantucket as the crazy woman who lives in the rambling house atop the bluff, doesn’t care what people think. She is sixty-five-years old.  Her husband died twenty years ago.  Her beauty has faded.  And her family has left her. If her neighbors are away, why shouldn’t she skinny dip in their swimming pools and help herself to their flowers? But when she discovers the money she thought would last forever is dwindling and she could lose her beloved house, Nan knows she has to make drastic changes.

So Nan takes out an ad: “Rooms to rent for the summer in a beautiful old Nantucket home with water views and direct access to the beach.” Slowly, people start moving into the house, filling it with noise, with laughter, and with tears. As the house comes alive again, Nan finds her family expanding. Her son comes home for the summer and then an unexpected visitor turns all their lives upside-down.

This program is free and open to the public.  Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Island Library.  To register for this program, contact the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library at (609) 494-2480, or visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org