Family Reunion by Nancy Thayer

FAMILY REUNION by Nancy Thayer is exactly what the peaceful cover implies – a relaxing story of affluent family times over one eventful summer. Best-selling author Thayer returns to the Nantucket Island setting where she explores relationships across three generations. Matriarch Eleanor Sunderland loves the family compound, but her children, Alicia and Cliff, prefer that she sell and share the proceeds. Granddaughter Ari has no such ulterior motives, but plenty of angst all her own. Ari, interested in early childhood education, is spending the summer with her grandmother in between a broken engagement and graduate school. There is plenty of privilege to go around in this novel, but, sadly, Ari was the least believable (and surprisingly clueless and selfish) of the characters. Still, the beautiful summer setting and hints of romance will appeal to fans of Nancy Thayer – she does not disappoint.