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|title=The Beach

|author=Alex Garland

|rating=4.5

|summary=You really should read this book before you see the film as there's distinctly more to it. An absorbing read which you'll go back to time and time again. Highly recommended.

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|title=The Gypsy Tearoom

|author=Nicky Pellegrino

|rating=3.5

|summary=An enchanting look at the way of life in a small Italian town, brought to life with fabulous descriptions of the scenery and the food. Unrequited love and a hearty helping of lust keep the story going strong throughout.

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|title=The Motherhood Walk of Fame

|author=Shari Low

|rating=4.5

|summary=Bored with her steady family life, Carly jumps at the chance to go out to LA to pitch her work to studio bigwigs, but family troubles and a gorgeous ex boyfriend turned movie star soon start to scupper her plans.

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|title=Body Surfing

|author=Anita Shreve

|rating=4.5

|summary=After divorcing one husband and being widowed by another Sydney takes a job as a tutor in a beach-front house. This story of what happens when simmering tensions are left unresolved is highly recommended by Bookbag.

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|title=Where the River Ends

|author=Charles Martin

|rating=4.5

|summary=A weepy and a romance as Chris takes his dying wife on a trip down the river. A light read but highly recommended for holiday reading.

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|title=Shorty Loves Wing Wong

|author=Michael Smith

|rating=3

|summary=Michael Smith looks back on his youth, growing up in the grim north of England in this unusual take on a memoir.

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|title=The Palace of Strange Girls

|author=Sallie Day

|rating=4

|summary=An evocative story set in the nineteen fifties which had this former visitor to Blackpool smelling the salt again. With a good story line and excellent characters it's highly recommended.

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|title=Beachcombing

|author=Maggie Dana

|rating=4

|summary=A coming-of-middle-age story when Jill Hunter gives up her friends, her business and possibly her home for the man she loves and then finds that there's a but... It's much better than chick lit and definitely recommended.

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|title=The Other Hand

|author=Chris Cleave

|rating=5

|summary=Little Bee lives the Asylum Detention Centre full of hope for her new life in England. She is going to meet up with the only people she knows in this country. When she calls to say she is coming, the welcome is not entirely what she'd hoped. The lives of two women become inextricably linked by one chance meeting in the worst of all possible circumstances.

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|title=Heartburn

|author=Nora Ephron

|rating=4

|summary=A thinly-disguised fictionalisation of the breakup of her marriage to Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein delivers epicure and epithet. Recommended.

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|title=Other People's Husbands

|author=Judy Astley

|rating=3.5

|summary=Conrad, a famous and successful artist is 25 years older than his wife and he wonders if he really wants to be there for his forthcoming seventieth birthday. A heart-warming and gentle look at the relationships between husbands and wives. Recommended.

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[[Category:General Fiction|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Girls]]

[[Category:Literary Fiction|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Girls]]