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The beach at Painter's Cove : a novel / Shelley Noble.

Noble, Shelley, (author.).

Summary:

The Whitaker family's Connecticut mansion, Muses by the Sea, has always been a haven for artists, a hotbed of creativity, extravagances, and the occasional scandal. Art patrons for generations, the Whitakers supported strangers but drained the life out of each other. Now, after being estranged for years, four generations of Whitaker women find themselves once again at The Muses. Leo, the Whitaker matriarch, lives in the rambling mansion crammed with artwork and junk. She plans to stay there until she joins her husband Wes on the knoll overlooking the cove and meadow where they first met. Her sister-in-law Fae, the town eccentric, is desperate to keep a secret she has been hiding for years. Jillian, is a jet setting actress, down on her luck, and has run out of men to support her. She thinks selling The Muses will make life easier for her mother, Leo, and Fae by moving them into assisted living. The sale will also bring her the funds to get herself back on top. Issy, Jillian's daughter, has a successful life as a museum exhibit designer that takes her around the world. But the Muses and her grandmother are the only family she's known and when her sister leaves her own children with Leo, Issy knows she has to step in to help. Steph, is only twelve-years-old and desperately needs someone to fire her imagination and bring her out of her shell. What she begins to discover at the Muses could change the course of her future. As Issy martials the family together to restore the mansion and catalogue the massive art collection, a surprising thing happens. Despite storms and moonlight dancing, diva attacks and cat fights, trips to the beach and flights of fancy, these four generations of erratic, dramatic women may just find a way to save the Muses and reunite their family.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0062439073
  • ISBN: 9780062439079
  • Physical Description: 421 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes book club questions.
Subject:
Mansions > Fiction.
Beaches > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Secrecy.
Connecticut > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 32 of 32 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 32 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library FIC NOBLE (Text) 36015000295135 Adult Fiction Available -
Richlands Branch Library FIC NOBLE (Text) 36015001315726 Adult Fiction Available -
Sneads Ferry Branch Library FIC NOBLE (Text) 36015001222310 Adult Fiction Available -

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