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!

I love Barbara’s books and was delighted St Martins Press offered me a chance to read an early release. Barbara’s books always tug at my heart strings and her women characters are heroines. I really liked these characters and the story. Going home to the shore for a daughter who wants to meet her family members. Opening old wounds and facing an old flame. Secrets exposed and friendships threatened. Sisters, all different, coming together. A great read! Grab it for your beach trip this summer.

Aarrgh! It just ended, and I feel like I was just left hanging with a lot of loose ends. I really liked the strong emotions of Ms. Delinsky's characters. - I anguished with each of the characters as I read the book, but I also feel like there was just too much going on in the story. The mystery of Elizabeth's disappearance + an abused pitbull + a long lost love + sibling rivalry + paternity issues + Alzheimers + death and a funeral + unsuspected best friend revelation all adds up to an awful lot of issues for one book.

This was my first Barbara Delinsky book and definitely not my last. This is the perfect beach read from start to finish and made me long for the summer. I fell in love with the characters and their stories, I highly recommend.

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!

I have not read a book by Delinsky in a long time. I really enjoyed this book. I love books that contain secrets. I think the patrons at the library will enjoy this great read.

A Week at the Shore by Barbara Delinsky is a beautifully written novel that explores the roles that we assume in our families and how tragedy affects those roles...and whether those roles are meant to last a lifetime.

Mallory has been living in NYC with her daughter for 20 years after tragedy left her fleeing her Rhode Island home and the love of her life. Her father's failing health has pulled her back home, long before she is ready to be there. Her daughter delights in spending time at the beach, but the week turns out to be much more than Mallory and her sisters expect. Tension, sadness and mystery all play out on the white sands of their memories and their lives, but will they come closer together or will the week push them further apart?

Ms. Delinsky never fails to keep readers on the edge of their seats and this novel is no exception. Much more than a beach read, this is a wonderfully nuanced novel that looks into the relationship between sisters with such insight. Thank you to the author, St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for an ARC of this novel for my honest review.

A Week at the Shore is a novel of estranged sisters and lovers reuniting, family secrets and mysteries solved and unsolved, and dealing with the heartbreaks of the past and not letting them hinder the future. Barbara Delinsky usually writes such great characters with feeling and depth. This novel didn't quite live up to my expectations, but was still a very enjoyable read and would indeed be a great beach read. Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the e-arc. Probably a 3.5 star read for me.

I enjoyed this latest book by Barbara Delinksy. It’s the perfect beach read and I loved all of the characters and the story line was good. It was a little slow in the beginning but then I started to enjoy it more. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this early release in exchange for my honest review. Due to be published May 2020.

One phone call is all it takes to lure Mallory Aldiss back to her family’s 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 the love of her life, Jack Sabathian. Twenty years during which she lived in New York, building her career as a photographer and raising her now teenage daughter Joy.

And so Mallory returns to Bay Bluff only to find that family and friends brings out the secrets and bonds that were. Not only has Mallory been away for so long but this place is part of her and while she only plans to stay a week, that week puts a strain on her and her daughter where she wonders if she can ever go home again.

Memories are dredged up, sadness and joy are experienced and scandals are revealed. A great read and thanks to #Netgalley I received this ARC. Put this one on your TBR list, being released on May 19, 2020. #fourstars

This is a beach story, but so much more! Barbara Delinsky never fails to incorporate lessons about life into her books, and this little gem is no exception. Mallory travels home to Bay Bluff, Rhode Island, taking her daughter Joy with her because Joy wants to find her family roots. There, Mallory encounters her sister Anne and her father who suffers from dementia, possible Alzheimer’s. Anne owns a small breakfast restaurant and has cared for their father for the last twenty years. Mallory calls NYC home and is a photographer for real estate brokers. The third sister, Margo, is married with two sons. All three sisters are together for the first time in two decades and the reunion is one of many memories, good but many bad ones. Mallory is trying to navigate the waters of broken relationships with her sister Anne and with their neighbor Jack. She is also determined to solve the mystery of the death of Jack’s mother Elizabeth, a victim of a boating accident involving Mallory’s dad. I thought that the story was slow-paced and deliberate, kind of like the ocean’s tide. The story unraveled just as the sea leaves debris on the shore. There were little pieces everywhere that I had to keep reading to find all of the truths about the relationships and the secrets that everyone had held in for so long. The element that kept the family together and brought some light to the story was Joy, an energetic teen who just wants to get to know her Papa Aldiss and her Aunt Anne. Joy is like a supporting character in a movie without which the movie could not have been made. I liked her character the best because she was honest and up front about everything. I enjoyed the story, guessed the ending easily, and felt comfortable with the beach setting. What I did not like was that the mystery that was referred to throughout the tale was not really resolved. Reflecting back on that, however, I see that Ms. Delinsky was also teaching a lesson there. Not everything in life can be wrapped and tied up with a bow. There are some things that are unresolved at times. The lesson I enjoyed the most was to remember the past, cherish the present and look forward to whatever the future holds. A trite lesson to be sure, but no one teaches a lesson in a novel with more finesse than Barbara Delinsky! I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys women’s fiction, but I will add the disclaimer that it is not a completely clean read because of expletives and extra-marital sex scenes.

Mallory is a single mom, living in New York until a voice from the past calls her to tell her that her father needs her home. Mallory and her daugher return to Bay Bluff, where her sister, Anne has been caring for her Dad as dementia becomes pronounced. Their older sister, Margo has been estranged from their Dad but returns home too. Between past crises and regrets, the sisters have to find a way forward. There are some twists to the story. This is a good beach read. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.

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.

Barbara Delinsky never disappoints when it comes to a thoughtful beach read. While there were slow moments in this novel, the characters, storyline, and setting more than made up for it. Who can resist a Delinsky summer tale about sisters coming home and finding themselves and each other?

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Well written and well plotted story about healing in a family post trauma. I enjoyed it and agree the end seemed rushed. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher.

This book was a great read for about 2/3 of the book, where the characters and destination kept me totally entertained. It was the last part of the book that in my mind let it down, the speed at the end was much faster than the other part. It felt like all those things would not have happened in real life that quickly and this made it feel a little bit unbelievable to me. The ending left me flat and wanting more as I felt like it was unfinished. Even with all that said it was a good read that had me very invested with many of the characters like Joy, Anne and Jack.

There were so many questions as to why after 20 Year a mystery was still unanswered for many of them. Two families that grew up together as next-door neighbours have been given a second chance when -Mallory Aldiss returns with her 13-year-old daughter to her home in Bay Bluff. We get to meet so many characters that all play a part in Mallary's past and future as she shares her story with us.

Can first love be found again after so much time and bad words said in the past?

Will one week change everything?

A week at the Shore can return the past of one's entire life.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the chance to read this ARC that I have voluntary and honesty written this review.

I cannot get enough of Barbara’s stories. A Week to remember is filled with love, laughter and even some tears in remembering the past...Thank you for letting me read this wonderful book.

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.

As usual Barbara really delivers with this story. The way she addresses family dynamics is really captivating. You feel all the emotions each character is going through. Like you're with them.

I found this book too boring. After 6 chapters I gave up. It was too rambling not coming to the point anytime soon..