Life’s a Beach

Life's a Beach was a Good Morning America summer book pick!

"Midlife love, laughter, sibling rivalry and self-discovery...Goes down as easy as it sounds."

     -People Magazine

“Dive into this gleefully quirky coming-of-age story centered on… a 41-year-old. With the help of her hippie parents, Boyfriend the cat, and a shark-crazy movie crew, Ginger Walsh is finally growing up - and there's no escaping a few growing pains.”

                                  -Redbook

"Laugh out loud"

              -Good Housekeeping

"a fun beach novel with moments of depth...a delightful and surprisingly compelling page turner."

                 -The Boston Globe

"Claire Cook has an original voice, sparkling style and a window into family life that will make you laugh and cry. LIFE'S A BEACH is filled with hilarity, sister love and sister hate, juicy arguments and hard won reconciliations but most of all, heart. I'm giving it to my sister today!"

--Adriana Trigiani

"If I had a sister, I'd want her to be Claire Cook. If I had a summer, I'd want it to be the summer that two sisters stropped their tongues and sparred over everything from fertility to photography to family. And if I could follow up the wry, wacky poignancy of MUST LOVE DOGS with any book, it would be LIFE'S A BEACH. Claire Cook is wicked good."

--Jacquelyn Mitchard

"LIFE’S A BEACH is a delicious coming of age novel—about two forty-something sisters who don’t quite manage that feat until it’s almost too late. I devoured this slice of family life served up in Claire Cook’s inimitably warm and witty style. Tender, touching and terribly, terribly, funny!"

--Mary Kay Andrews

"Claire Cook's smart, delightful new book made me laugh on the first page and on every single page all the way through -- even when it also made me cry. True, tender, insightful, and hilarious -- I loved it."

--Pamela Redmond Satran

"Claire Cook has given us a heroine you’ll cheer for and a book you won’t be able to put down. I loved it."

--Karen Quinn