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The Marshbury Book Club takes a field trip to a Summer Blowout event. (Photo by Diane Dillon.)
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LIFE'S A BEACH is now in paperback, complete with a book club guide, Q&A, and a teaser chapter of SUMMER BLOWOUT.Click here to schedule a phone chat with your book club.
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Click on the arrow below to see me read an excerpt from SUMMER BLOWOUT.
"Nobody does the easy-breezy beach book with a lighter hand than Claire Cook...In Summer Blowout...you soon find yourself on another of Cook's delightful tours of the funny side of big family life."
- The Hartford Courant
“Summer Blowout is primed, like Cook's previous novel Must Love Dogs... to become a big-screen romantic comedy.”
- Booklist
"Lipstick rules in this sunny romance tucked inside a Boston family's chain of beauty salons. Recently divorced makeup artist Bella Shaughnessy is going down swinging as she reacts to newcomer Sean Ryan and the gnawing possibility that developers are sabotaging her family's original shop. Cook's (Life's a Beach ) ability to make families' foibles ring true-and funny-ensures a delightful read. Snap this one up and enjoy the makeup advice."
- Library Journal
"The exuberant and charming Claire Cook (ask anyone who saw her at this spring's Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival) is one of the sassiest and funniest creators of contemporary women's fiction. Her third novel, 'Summer Blowout,' is every bit as much fun as 'Must Love Dogs' and 'Life's a Beach.'"
-Times-Picayune
“Claire Cook is back again with what surely will be this summer's biggest hit. Her fifth novel delivers not only a hilarious read, but also divulges tricks of the trade make-up secrets that every girl will love! Without a doubt, SUMMER BLOWOUT is the perfect styling tool needed to give you that coveted summertime look.” - Fresh Fiction
"You won't have to don your sunglasses for this sunny delight by the author of Must Love Dogs. Makeup artist Bella Shaughnessy has a thing for lipstick-with names like Catfight, Damaged and Revive-a family that gives new meaning to the expression blended (thanks to a half-sister who's dating Bella's ex-husband) and a ban on men (see half-sister). Which is too bad, because she's just met Sean Ryan, an entrepreneur with sparkling eyes and a proposal, business that is-or is it?-for Bella. As refreshing as an icy drink on a sultry day."
-Family Circle
"Cook has a gift for telling an entertaining and funny story that is light enough for a beach read, yet weighty enough to get under your skin and into your heart. Her characters are quirky and inconsistent, good-hearted folks who make mistakes and have regrets, but none of the damage is lasting. Love and forgiveness beat out hate and revenge."
- The Patriot Ledger
"Claire Cook is one of our favorite authors. We love her fun, goofy, big-hearted reads filled with comfortably, familiarly, mildly-flawed characters that most often pass for family. Summer Blowout is Claire Cook's best novel yet. From My Chihuahua Bites lipstick to Italian/Irish family 'staff meetings' to a dyed-and-highlighted incognito pooch, Summer Blowout is poised to blow OFF the shelves -- with the paperback Life's a Beach sailing right behind it!!"
- Jill Miner, Saturn Booksellers
“Claire Cook has done it again - Summer Blowout is another great summer beach read that will make you laugh out loud darn near every page…There are many giggles and makeup tips in this breezy summer read - it's too fun to miss (especially the “combover intervention” - you just HAVE to read it).” - Jackie Blem, Tattered Cover Bookstore
“Summer Blowout was a laugh-out-loud-in-public good time. Bella felt like a best friend, and she was just hilarious. A great all-around read, and it really makes me wish it was ALREADY summer.”
--Jenny Sweedler, Innisfree Bookshop
"Book an appointment NOW for summer's hot read: SUMMER BLOWOUT by Claire Cook. Bad hair day? Bella Shaughnessey's repartee is the quick fix! Ask your bookseller to pencil you in for the laughs. Walk-ins welcome!"
- Peg Patten, Front Street Book Shop
"Summer Blowout is vintage Claire Cook -- this funny and clever novel about a makeup artist beginning a new life is sure to be in beach bags this summer. Cook has a knack for turning the mundane into the unique, and her characters are eclectic and original."
--Kathleen McGonagle, Buttonwood Books & Toys, Cohasset, MA
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