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While the bookshop at waters end could be called an easy summer read, henry packs it full with life lessons, a bit of romance and characters. The bookshop at water s end is a book to be read on a casual afternoon at the water s edge. The bookshop at waters end by patti callahan henry bonny blankenships most treasured memories are of idyllic summers spent in watersend, south carolina, with her best friend, lainey mckay. Mary alice monroe, new york times bestselling author of beach house for rent from the very first page, patti callahan henry draws you in like the tide, revealing longsimmering secrets that will test family and friendships, and explores the question. The bookshop at water s end by patti callahan henry we believed in magic and in rivers, and that quite possibly they were one and the same. The titular book shop makes an appearance now and then, along with the bookshops owner who knew bonny and lainey as girls and may know more about what happened to laineys mom than she lets on. The book shop at waters end by patti callahan henry berkley 2017, isbn 9780399583117. Bonny and lainey have been best friends since they were children and piper is bonnys troubled daughter, and finally mimi is the owner of the bookshop. She supplies the background narrative in many places to add depth and important facts about the past.
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