There were a lot of characters in this story and at times it was hard to keep up with everyone. Maren had a hard life, she was not excepted in the town her husband dropped her off at each summer. She had to raise her kids alone most of the year and look after her alcoholic mother in law. Her husband the doctor turned out to be a scumbag and she still held her head high is his home town. When she told the whole story to her granddaughter, she began to understand the whole dynamics of this town.

A story told from several view points about one family and a place that wasn’t overly friendly to outsiders.
It was a descriptive story that has you feeling all their heartache. The characters were interesting and the story good.
I enjoyed this book and couldn’t put it down. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the early copy

Haven Point by Virginia Hume was a beautifully written novel of three generations of women, tied together by love and by their home, Haven Point, which is a huge character in this novel. Maren, the family matriarch and a beautiful young woman who serves as a nurse in the war and meets her dashing husband who is a doctor. He brings her home to Maine's Haven Point where she summers with their children while he works in Washington, DC. The home and community play a huge part in their upbringing and how they choose to spend their lives, from Anne's issues with addiction and men to Skye's desire to return to Maine to find a piece of her childhood. A wonderful story that will keep you entranced.

This is stirring novel of love, stories untold, social ostracism, alcoholism, and finding reality. I was moved by the sections of today vs. the past the compose the makeup of the characters and of the town of Haven Point.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you for sending me this book! WOW! I loved this book! You never know what someone has been through in their past and how it is effecting their decisions today. Grace....that is what we can offer people. Lots and lots of grace. Every single person in this book was making assumptions about someone else based on nothing. What an amazing read!

I received an advanced reader copy of this book and am voluntarily reviewing it.

I kind of have a love~hate relationship with this book. It’s 3.75 stars and I rounded up. It’s about three generations of women. The last few books that I read seem to go back and forth chapter by chapter between generations. I’ve gotten used to that. But this book was at times confusing because the same characters were in both generations. I loved the last third of the book which is why I rounded up. Karen is the matriarch of the story, Annie is her daughter and Skye is Maren’s granddaughter. The family has a house on the Maine coast. This house plays a big part in the story. I would probably read another book from this author and I probably would recommend it to family and friends. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an advance copy for my honest review.

Great story. It was t as dramatic as I thought it was going to be. Great character building. I think it’s a great feel good book with a few secrets thrown in.

A beautifully well written multi -generational saga set in Haven Point, Maine which is a character in itself. The story has several timelines and begins with Maren meeting her doctor husband Oliver while nursing at Walter Reed Hospital during WWII. Once married he takes her to wealthy and provincial Haven Point where the same families have summered for years and nothing has ever changed. Always an outsider she spends her summers there first with her children, and finally her granddaughter, while the story that begins in the 40s ends in the 70s.
This story is rich with characters having great depth, changing and growing the more we get to know them over the years. Only at the end do we understand the full picture of their lives and how Haven Point has played a part in their development. We’re given glimpses into the minds of the males but it’s the women we’re really given the opportunity to know and care for.
I loved this book, and it reminded me a little of Anne Rivers Siddons novel The Colony.

Haven Point by Virginia Hume is a great fictional novel that involves multiple generations of a particular family and by illuminating their individual experiences associated with a similar location, a family summertime retreat on coastal Maine, the reader is able to experience from a distance similarities and differences that have affected its members and altered the course of the family over the last several decades.

I always enjoy a really good generational novel where the author is able to show several family members within multiple time periods that at first seem like such stark differences in character and experiences, however after looking at the family collectively and holistically, the reader is able to see the similarities, repetitions, and history repeating itself. It is fascinating to see how one relationship, decision, or action reverberates down through time altering the course and direction of the family. If done correctly, the novel is gripping and excellent. This is one of those novels.

There was mystery, suspense, a full emotional spectrum, and a sense of characters trying to find a place of solidarity and a place to call home. I enjoyed reading the respective stories of Maren and Skye and feel that the author did a really great job of interweaving multiple decades and storylines to create a enthralling narrative that kept me engaged and wanting to know more.

This would be a great pick for a book club reading. Recommend 5/5 stars


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***Haven Point is a somewhat melodramatic first novel by author, Virginia Hume, that focuses on grandmother Maren, her daughter, Annie, granddaughter, Skye, and the town of Haven Point. Will Skye ever understand why her artistic alcoholic mother left home with such anger that she avoided returning home. The story unfolds somewhat slowly. There were parts that engaged this reader completely while I found myself wanting to quickly scan through others. The author has an excellent command of English grammar, always a huge plus for this reader. I voluntarily reviewed an advance copy of this book from NetGalley.

I thought I would really love this book but it wasn’t quite what I thought it would be. It began good but I found Maren’s and Oliver’s relationship very boring. Even for the era there was no zip between them. The whole community of Haven Point was dull with typical snobby rich people snubbing those that weren’t born there. Even when they had reached modern times they were still a strange community. The only time they felt like a real community was during the Charlie part of the story. I like the characters but I found them flat and I couldn’t get invested in their lives. Thank you to Netgalley and St Martin’s publishing for the opportunity to read this book.

This book is about a grandmother and her granddaughter....
Maren and Skye. The book is written about the past... Maren post war and a young Skye dealing with her mother’s alcohol issues.
I did find it hard in the beginning to keep all the names and people straight but the story intrigued me , so I stood with it and I was glad I did ! I love family dramas and sagas so this was along the lines of my favorite genre.