A Week at the Shore

A Novel

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Pub Date 19 May 2020 | Archive Date 19 May 2020

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In A Week at the Shore, New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky explores how lives and relationships are forever changed when three sisters reunite at their family Rhode Island beach house.

One phone call is all it takes to lure real estate photographer Mallory Aldiss back to her family Rhode Island beach home. It's been twenty years since she's been gone—running from the scandal that destroyed her parents' marriage, drove her and her two sisters apart, and crushed her relationship with her first love. But going home is fraught with emotional baggage—memories, mysteries and secrets abound.

Mal's thirteen-year-old daughter, Joy, has never been to the place where Mal's life was shaped and is desperate to go. Fatherless, she craves family and especially wants to spend time with the grandfather she barely knows.

In just seven watershed days on the Rhode Island coast three women will test the bonds of sisterhood, friendship and family, and discover the role that love and memory plays in defining their lives.

In A Week at the Shore, New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky explores how lives and relationships are forever changed when three sisters reunite at their family Rhode Island beach house.
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With Barbara Delinsky novels time swiftly passes as the reader immerses themselves in the story.  A Week at the Shore is no exception. Lots of family dynamics and some romance thrown in makes this story difficult to put down. Fair warning, there may also be a few tears. I want to thank Net Galley and St. Martin's Press for an early copy of this book to review.

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Great book, wish I had been able to read it at a beach!
This is a story of love, family, lies, secrets and betrayal. Above all it is about finding forgiveness even if you still don't have all the answers.
Three sisters reunite at their childhood home where their father suffers a heart attack and dies. With his death dies all the secrets they think he kept, and all the questions they had about their mother, and the accidental death of their long time neighbor. Some secrets come to light, others will never be revealed, but can the sisters move beyond their past and form a future with each other?
Great characters, including the dog, Guy!
I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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When I sit down to read a Barbara Delinsky book, I know I’ll never be disappointed. She always writes such heartwarming stories that grab your attention and tug at your heartstrings. A Week At the Shore is no different. The characters involved feel like family and the location of the story at their Rhode Island beach home is nothing short of beautiful. It centers around Mallory, the middle daughter, who after 20 years of running from her past, returns home to check in on her father after receiving an alarming phone call from his next door neighbor. It’s a story of family, of sisterhood. It’s about learning who you are and where you’ve come from, acceptance and forgiveness and learning to live for today by putting the past behind you. I enjoyed reading this immensely and was very happy with the way the story ended. It’s women’s fiction with a touch of romance involved. I’d like to thank NetGalley and Alexis Neuville at St. Martin’s Press for inviting me to read and review an arc. I loved this story and give it 5 stars!

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A Week at the Shore
A Novel
by Barbara Delinsky
St. Martin's Press
Women's FiCTION

I would highly recommend this book. Well written and I lost myself in the book. Can't wait to get it on our shelves at the library. Relateable in so many ways.

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Relationships will change forever when three sisters reunite at the family's Rhode Island beach house. Mallory Aldiss fled years ago, amid scandal and heartbreak, and is not anxious to return to all of that. Her daughter, Joy, however, is desperate to go and find the family she's always craved.

Barbara Delinsky is a wise and lyrical writer, and this book will delight fans of Jodi Picoult, Mary Alice Monroe, and Patti Callahan Henry. Recommended.

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No one writes about family dysfunction and forgiveness like Barbara Delinsky. Returning home after 20 years to help her sister with their father, who is in failing health due to Alzheimer’s, Mallory is forced to confront the reasons she left in the first place. She and her two sisters have been at arm’s length since a scandal destroyed their family’s ideal life in a small beach town in Rhode Island. Now with a 13 year old daughter, conceived from a sperm donor, Mallory must confront the reasons she has been ignoring her past which include her high school sweetheart, questions about her paternity and the mystery surrounding the death of her mother’s best friend. As only Delinsky can, the characters are well developed, full of flaws that are recognized in all of us. An excellent book.

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A big thank you to NetGalley and Barbara Delinsky and St. Martin's Press. I've read Barbara Delinsky's books before but it's been a while, and enjoyed them, this one did not disappoint. I could not put this book down. Just wow, it hits personal relationships on so many levels. Very well written, this is a five star for sure. The way Barbara writes, she makes you lose yourself in the characters, you feel part of the story. This is such a beautifully written story about mother and daughter, sisters, parents, friends and love. Obstacles that present themselves in our lives and decisions made. There are aspects that relate so well to our daily lives. I highly recommend this novel and would read it again, I laughed and cried and all the emotions in between.

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Ordering this book for my library is a given, simply because of the author. She is so popular, we often have a waiting list for her books. This one is as good as any others I have read. The author is consistent in churning out great family focused novels with unique plots. Not what you find in every other book. I love her writing, how she develops the characters, and the story she tells. Great work!

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Mallory left her hometown twenty years ago. She now lives in New York with her thirteen year old daughter. A call from her ex-boyfriend makes her decide to go back for a visit. Her father has Alzheimer's and is causing somewhat of a stir with the neighbor, Jack.
Anne her sister who takes care of their father is there to greet her. There is distance between the three sisters, Margo, the oldest, Mallory the middle child and Anne the youngest. There had been a huge disagreement about an incident that involved their father and Elizabeth, Jacks mother. They had been out on a boat together, ran into a storm while their father tries to keep the boat from capsizing in the storm, Elizabeth is swept overboard never to be found.
There.ate sides taken in the town, some thought there had been an affair gone wrong.
Everyone was angry at everyone. Horrible things were said.
Now is their time to help solve a mystery, mend friendships and fix family issues. Things aren't always that eady.
Written with colorful details and attuned to deep familial feelings Ms.Delinsky delivers another novel of grand proportion.
Excellent!

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A very sweet, fascinating look at the relationship between three sisters.

Many thanks to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

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Mallory Aldiss has steadfastly stayed away from the Rhode Island town of her youth, maintaining separate relationships with her divorced parents and straddling both of their circumstances to remain in touch with her sisters. Margo chose to champion her mother's new life while Anne remained in Rhode Island and is now caretaker of her father. But the horrible reason behind this fractured family again reared its ugly head when Mallory hears from her teenage boyfriend, Jack Sabathian. Seems Mallory's father paid a visit to Jack, waving a gun and throwing down accusations about Jack's mother who many believe Tom Aldiss killed years ago. Elizabeth McKay disappeared from a boat captained by Tom, and the mystery of what happened has shadowed the families and the town ever since. Two close knit families were split apart, and Jack has never stopped looking for answers in a private manner. But now, despite retired judge Tom Aldiss' increasing dementia, Jack is ready to let it boil into the public eye again unless Mallory finally takes a stand and helps repair the rift and put the puzzle to rest. Mallory's trip back home reawaken feelings for Jack, brings her own daughter into the family she barely knows, and helps heal the sisters and Tom in unexpected ways.

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Sounds like a simple premise but this is Barbara Delinsky so forget about simple. Simply marvelous would be so much more appropriate. So we are in Bay Bluff Rhode Island visiting family for a week – hence A WEEK AT THE SHORE. Again simple, concise and once again a reminder Barbara Delinsky. Think of Coast Road and it will all make sense.
Mallory Aldiss and her thirteen-year-old daughter Joy are making a surprise visit to Bay Bluff to check on her aging father. His behavior is causing problems and angst. And as it upsets Mallory, she knows it is prudent to see what is going on. Add to that Joy is bursting to see Bay Bluff. In thirteen years neither have set foot in Mallory’s hometown. Mallory entertains her sisters Anne and Margo in the safety of her home in New York.
Returning is sure to dredge up memories, good and bad. And of course, facing people she hasn’t seen in years – for some now going on twenty.
Lots of Mallory to think about. Perhaps a good look at the place that holds a lot of memories and a chance to make new ones. Mallory must face new realities. Her father hasn’t change since the early years but there is a new connection being forged. Joy is loving having family around. It hasn’t always been so.
And there are people in Bay Bluff whose images in Mallory’s mind may be softening.
Three sisters grew up at Bay Bluff. The father a lawyer and judge who ruled the family like his courtroom. The mother seemed to allow the father to rule the roost until events changed the entire family dynamics. That event is central to A WEEK AT THE SHORE.
Secrets have so many facets and unfortunately, they tend to fester. The sisters Margo, Mallory and Anne, each had such a different place in this family and in their reaction to what happened twenty years ago. Mother and daughters Mallory and Margo carved out new independent lives. Anne stayed with her father. And now Mallory is back trying to find some truths.
Time is not on her side. Her visit has a small window of a week. Her dad’s memory is questionable. And her welcome home is shrinking daily. Her sister Anne makes no attempt to hide the fact that her help isn’t welcome and there is that feeling that Mallory can’t escape from that Anne is wary of her help and questions.
All three sisters had enormously different relationship with their parents. This was not a warm loving family. Each walked away with hurt and insecurities. Some secrets are best left unknown or are they.
And it doesn’t help matters that the next-door neighbor and one-time friend Jack would really like to unlock those secrets.
Enter the world of Barbara Delinsky. A WEEK AT THE SHORE is a discovery of not only who these characters are but how they got there and luckily, we have Barbara Delinsky to lead us on the path to discovery. Simply put Barbara Delinsky constructs some of the best characters and their interpersonal relationships make the pages just fly by. A WEEK AT THE SHORE is a beautiful story. Like life there is beauty and ugliness but A WEEK AT THE SHORE handles truth.

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Delinsky delves into the relationships of three sisters that was altered 20 years ago my a scandal involving their parents and neighbors. When all sisters return to Bay Bluff, they find answers to questions that have haunted them for years. A book about going home to your roots and the deep bind between sisters that is hard to break.

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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! No spoilers. Beyond amazing I enjoyed this book so very much. The characters and storyline were fantastic. The ending I did not see coming Could not put down nor did I want to. Truly Amazing and appreciated the whole story. This is going to be a must read for many many readers. Maybe even a book club pick.

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Enjoyed this classic Barbara Delinsky book with it's well-developed characters and intriguing storyline. Could so much happen in one week when Mallory, the main character, decides to visit her has hometown where she's not set foot for 20 years? Probably not, but it is fiction and it kept me engaged from start to finish with a nice mix of troubled family relations, a mysterious disappearance, and a lost love.

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