Beach Trees by Karen White is a story of Julie Holt who has lost so many times in her life she is just trying to be found. First her sister Chelsea goes missing as a child and then she loses her best friend Monica to heart problems. Her best friend wills Julie her son Beau and her beach house in Biloxi, Mississippi. Julie wants to give Monica's son the opportunity to see where his mom is from. She leaves New York and heads to Mississippi to find the beach house has been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. She finds Monica's brother and grandmother and begins a new life. At first Monica's brother Trey and Julie can't agree on anything. And then there is Miss Aimee, Monica's grandmother who through telling her own story of her past Julie starts to realize why Monica wanted to bring them all together. Julie and Monica's family is more connected then she realized and now Julie needs to decide what to do next.
This was a great book weaving 2 protagonists in this story of love, loss and rebuilding. I could not put it down! Karen White never disappoints.
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