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An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. May 23, 2017 nancy thayer is the new york times bestselling author of the island house, the guest cottage, an island christmas, nantucket sisters, a nantucket christmas, island girls, summer breeze, heat wave, beachcombers, summer house, moon shell beach, and the hot flash club. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Thayer is the daughter of jane patton and was born in december 14, 1943 in emporia, kansas. New york times bestselling author nancy thayer evokes the shimmering seascape of. Thayer married her second husband, charles walters, a music store owner, in 1984. The randall sisters are like your own family members or your best friends. I was unfamiliar with nancy thayer s writing and picked up the book at the library because i liked the jacket art. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the island house. While they both enjoyed the book, dottie liked it a bit more than jennifer. A novel, this book could be just an ordinary beach read.
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