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Summary: Never disappointed
Review: I haven't been disappointed yet by any of Luanne Rice's books. Firefly Beach is no exception. Great story, great characters, great ending....
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Summary: always wonderful
Review: I've come to count on the wonderful stories of this author. I love her characters. I love her settings. I love her families, even ones like this one with so many problems. As always, I lose myself in the world she creates and I'm sorry when I come to the last page. She is a beautiful, graceful, sensitive,intelligent writer and I can't wait to read her next book.
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Summary: Powerful family drama
Review: In 1969, at FIREFLY BEACH, Connor arrives at the Renwick home carrying a gun. He accuses the famous artist Hugh Renwick of stealing his wife and plans to steal something that the man loves. However, Renwick is not at home and Connor is unable to kill any of the three Renwick sisters as he had planned. Instead he kills himself. Five-year old Caroline Renwick begins exchanging letters with Connor's six-year-old son Joe, but those letters end years later when he learns his dad committed suicide rather than dying from a heart attack.Over three decades later, Joe returns to FIREFLY BEACH to meet the Renwicks and gain closure. Instead, he finds the Renwicks needing emotional help too. He helps one sister dry out, but opens his heart to the vulnerable, caring Caroline as love blossoms between them. However, that tragedy thirty-plus years ago still nightmarishly lingers as a blockage to any permanent relationship between Caroline and Joe. FIREFLY BEACH is a powerful look at how one tragic event impacts on innocent family members. Three decades after their father had an affair with his mother; all four now adult children and the girls' mother still are psychologically damaged. Luanne Rice escorts the audience inside the heads of her cast so the reader can feel the swirling often-dark emotions that threaten to engulf each character. Ms. Rice is among the top gurus in invoking a realistic healing power of love in her novels and this novel showcases the author at her holistic best. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Wish I read this one first!
Review: In the past two years I've become a big Luanne Rice fan. Each of her books has bylines connecting it to another of her books. "Firefly Beach" ties in the charactes from the her others books, namely "Safe Harbor", "Follow the Stars Home" and "True Blue". "Firefly Beach" sets the background information for the rest of the books she's written. It explores the life of the Renwicks, who are the focal point of Hubbard's Point and mentioned in the other stories. I actually think I enjoyed this book the most, as it most closely resembles my (lack of) love life! This is classic Luanne; it will make you angry, happy and cry.
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Summary: Wish I read this one first!
Review: In the past two years I've become a big Luanne Rice fan. Each of her books has bylines connecting it to another of her books. "Firefly Beach" ties in the charactes from the her others books, namely "Safe Harbor", "Follow the Stars Home" and "True Blue". "Firefly Beach" sets the background information for the rest of the books she's written. It explores the life of the Renwicks, who are the focal point of Hubbard's Point and mentioned in the other stories. I actually think I enjoyed this book the most, as it most closely resembles my (lack of) love life! This is classic Luanne; it will make you angry, happy and cry.
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Summary: Fine writing, but diving less deep than usual
Review: Luanne Rice is a fine writer. Her stories offer plots and characters that are enthralling portrayals of contemporary (if sometimes fraught) family life. Firefly Beach is the story of three sisters coping (or not) with emotional betrayal on various levels by their famous but dead painter father. Rice is such a good writer, in fact, that I hold her to a higher standard than other authors. That is why this rates only 4 stars in my book. There are at least two terrific and terrifying scenes where you just can't imagine what the outcome is going to be, but overall the character treatment and incidents are predictable and superficial compared to her better novels (Cloud Nine is my favorite). And while the hero in Firefly Beach is convincingly angsty, his transformation from antagonist to love interest is not developed enough to be totally satisfying. Also, I was disappointed about the inaccuracies in the underwater diving/salvaging scenes. She adequately conveys the ambience but the discrepancies in the details will annoy readers who have any diving experience.
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Summary: A Magical Place, A Magical Book!
Review: Luanne Rice is one of my very favorite writers because her books never fail to interest, entertain or move me as she sets the stage with both wonderful relationships between her characters and intriguing plots. And while I always want to gulp down her books, I find myself sabing some of her books so I always have something to read by her. Firefly Beach is set in Hubbard's Point, Connecticut, which will also be the location of two other books, Safe Harbor and True Blue, written by Ms. Rice. It is in this beach town that Hugh and Augusta Renwick have raised their three daughters Clea, Caroline and Skye. Now, many years later previous events in these women's lives continue to loom over them. The oldest daughter Caroline owns the local bed and breakfast, which caters to an artistic crowd who continue to revere her well- known father and painter. Clea, the middle daughter is married to a local minister, the mother of two young children and provides the voice of reason and stability in the family. Skye, an artist and the youngest daughter has recently left her philandering husband continues to deal with her involvement in a family accident by drinking too much is prone to fits of depression and causes her family to constantly worry about her. And presiding over the family is Augusta, now the widow of a famous artist who deals with all adversity by closing her eyes to the very real problems her daughters deal with in their lives. Now Joe Connor arrives in Hubbard's Point on an expedition to salvage a ship that sunk many years ago. As a young man his path crossed with the Renwick family when his father presumably died from a heart attack in the Renwick's home. Caroline, a young girl wrote Joe a condolence note after this event which resulted in them corresponding for several years until Joe as an adolescent learns the truth about his father's death. Now finally meeting Caroline in person, Joe can neither hide his hatred of Caroline's family nor his attraction to her. And Caroline beset by the past and Skye's current emotional deteriaration cannotignore that she is quite taken with the man who she so adored as a young girl. In my opinion, there are few writers today who present readers with family stories as well as Luanne Rice does. Whether she describes the love between parents and children or siblings for each other, this author always manages to bring tears to my eyes. And in Firefly Beach she presents a memorable relationship between Caroline and Joe and the three sisters and their mother which makes this book a most worthwhile read. I now look forward to reading Safe Harbor and True Blue which continues the story of some characters readers first meet in Firefly Beach. I have a feeling that I will also throughly enjoy these two books.
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Summary: A GOOD BOOK FOR THE BEACH
Review: My first Luanne Rice book but probably not my last. A good story which unfolds slowly like a lazy summer afternoon but with just enough drama to keep you interested. A family in conflict and denial due to a couple of tragedies, one of which happens at the beginning of the story. Original plot, interesting characters, good sister story, and a nice and very unusual romance. The ending was a little too long and drawn out but other than that it's a winner.
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Summary: firefly
Review: My second favourite book after "SummerLight". I felt warm, and happy after I read the book. Luanne Rice touch my soul deeply. Firefly Beach which I just finished few hours ago, brought me closely to my heart which is still pounding as I am thinking of the book. I share Caroline's view and feelings even thoughts as I am looking at my own life unveil. I am one of the three sisters,unlikely Caroline, I am the youngest but the one who is caring the burden.
I would love to read it again and again , i will own this book when the hardcover is out.
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Summary: Boring and Depressing
Review: This book is very depressing and full of violence. And so boring I didn't even finish it (which is VERY rare with me). I DON'T reccomend it.
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