![]() ![]() ![]() I just love the premise of this story! Four women that were best friends in college decide to enjoy a week long beach vacation together. ![]() But as the week wears on, and each woman’s hidden story is gradually revealed, they find they must inevitably confront their shared past a failed love affair, a discarded suitor, a betrayal, and a secret that threatens to change their bond, and their lives, forever. Now the friends, all in their forties, converge on Lola’s idyllic North Carolina beach house in an attempt to relive the carefree days of their college years. And Lola, sweet-tempered and absent-minded, whiles away her hours and her husband’s money, on little pills that keep her happy. Annie, a successful Nashville businesswoman married to her childhood sweetheart, can’t seem to leave the regrets of her youth behind her. Sara, an Atlanta attorney, struggles with guilt over her son’s illness and her own slowly unraveling marriage. Mel, a mystery writer living in New York, contends with the aftermath of two failed marriages and a stalled writing career. Mel, Sara, Annie, and Lola have traveled distinct and diverse paths since the early 1980s and their years together at a small Southern liberal arts college. Here is a summary of Beach Trip from Cathy Holton's website:Ī reunion between four friends becomes a cathartic journey into the past in Cathy Holton’s luminous new novel. ![]()
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