Life's a Beach

"A laugh-out-loud chick-lit confection."―Good Housekeeping

"[A] gleefully quirky coming-of-age story"―Redbook

"Midlife love, laughter, sibling rivalry and self-discovery . . . Goes down as easy as it sounds."―People

"Readers will certainly be able to relate to and laugh with the next batch of eccentric characters in Cook's Life's a Beach a book brimming with wit and heart."―Cape Cod Times

"Claire Cook has an original voice, sparkling style and a window into family life that will make you laugh and cry. Life's a Beach is filled with hilarity, sister love and sister hate, juicy arguments and hard won reconciliations but most of all, heart. I'm giving it to my sister today!"―Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Big Stone Gap and Lucia, Lucia

"If I had a sister, I'd want her to be Claire Cook. If I had a summer, I'd want it to be the the summer that two sisters stropped their tongues and sparred over everything from fertility to photography to family. And if I could follow up the wry, wacky poignancy of Must Love Dogs with any book, it would be Life's A Beach. Claire Cook is wicked good.''―Jacquelyn Mitchard, bestselling author of Deep End of the Ocean

"Life's A Beach is a delicious coming of age novel-about two forty-something sisters who don't quite manage that feat until it's almost too late. I devoured this slice of family life served up in Claire Cook's inimitably warm and witty style. Tender, touching and terribly, terribly, funny!"―Mary Kay Andrews, author of Savannah Breeze

"A delightful and compelling page-turner . . . [a] feel-good charmer that is seductively engaging and ultimately downright fun."―Boston Globe

"[A] perfect-for-the-beach summer novel Life's a Beach is a bumpy delight."―Boston Common

"Claire Cook's smart, delightful new book made me laugh on the first page and on every single page all the way through--even when it also made me cry. True, tender, insightful, and hilarious--I loved it."―Pamela Redmond Satran

Chosen as a best summer read by People, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and Good Morning America! "Midlife love, laughter, sibling rivalry and self-discovery . . . Goes down as easy as it sounds."— People Life's a bit of a beach these days for Ginger Walsh, who finds herself single at 41 and back home living in the family FROG (Finished Room Over Garage). She's hoping for a more fulfilling life as a sea glass artist, but mostly she's babysitting her sister's kids and sharing overnights with Noah, her glassblower boyfriend with commitment issues and a dog Ginger's cat isn't too crazy about. Then a shark movie comes to town, and everyone is clamoring for a close-up. "A gleefully quirky coming of age story."—Redbook "Laugh out loud."—Good Housekeeping