Wednesday, July 19, 2017

The Bookshop at Water's End by Patti Callahan Henry


A summer home that has been left abandoned for years, but a summer home that Bonny now desperately needs to return to regardless of the pain and memories it holds.

The town of Watersend, South Carolina, was quaint, a treasure from childhood, and had the best bookstore with a marvelous bookstore owner that could pick out a book you "need" not a book that you want. 

We meet many likable and believable characters except one in THE BOOKSHOP AT WATER’S END. You are able to empathize with the characters as well as want everything to turn out for them.

The main character, Bonny, was a successful doctor, but a tragic mistake in the emergency room one night caused Bonny to be put on sabbatical and has her deciding to return to the childhood summer home that contains secrets and some happy and not so happy memories.

A happy memory was the friendship between Bonny and Lainey. They were labeled the "summer sisters." 

They had made a pact to always be there for each other. Bonny needed Lainey now, and Lainey came back to the house with her two children even though she also had some bad summer memories and really didn’t want to.

The bookstore and its owner were definitely a happy memory.  Mimi, the bookstore owner was marvelous.   Any book that has a bookstore and a book club in it definitely makes the story line even more appealing.

Two not-so-happy memories and ones that were difficult to forget gnawed at both women. The disappearance of Lainey's mother and Bonny's love for Lainey's brother, Owen, who was the love of her life, but a love she could never get to stay were memories difficult to get over.

The book’s setting was perfect, and the descriptions of the house, the town, the beach, and the ocean put you there with the characters sharing their days and their feelings both good and bad.

THE BOOK SHOP AT WATER'S END was a warm, inviting read bringing women together for what we do best - support each other.

This was my first book by Ms. Henry, and it was a delightful, summer treat.

ENJOY!!  5/5

This book was given to me free of charge and without compensation by the publisher in return for an honest review. 

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15 comments:

  1. I am listening to this at present and thoroughly enjoying it. There is a different narrator for each of the three points of view and I believe others that I haven't yet heard.

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    1. That sounds perfect for having different narrators.

      I have been enjoying audio lately.

      Thanks for stopping, Kathryn.

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  2. Everyone seems to be loving this book!

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    1. It was very good, Kathy.

      Thanks for stopping.

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  3. I am seeing this book everywhere. Glad you liked it.

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    1. It is pretty popular.

      I did enjoy it.

      Thanks for stopping, Lloyd.

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  4. I want to go back to Water's End! Such an enjoyable novel. Loved your thoughts on it, Elizabeth.

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    1. Thanks, Mary.

      It was a good read.

      Thanks for stopping.

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  5. Terrific review! This sounds like a winner!

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    1. Thanks, Suko.

      It is a winner.

      Thanks for stopping.

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  7. The Cover Looks So Inviting! I haven't read any books by this author.

    (Book Referees)

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    1. The cover is lovely.

      The book was very good too.

      Thanks for stopping, Orsayor.

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  8. I love the idea of a bookstore as an integral part of this story. Hadn't heard of this book earlier...thank you for putting it up. Will try and find a copy to read. ☺

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    1. It is a lovely read...some drama, but mostly good.

      Thanks for stopping, Sne.

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