Win a Free Book and Head to the Beach

the beach? no mountains of snow? Sounds good to me right about now :)

I love books about how women deal with personal crisis by turning to the beauty of nature. This sounds like a fantastic book.

oh I love to read and I love the beach and I really love stories of a womans strength

my favorite place is the beach

i would love to review this book
i had tried beofre to review a book and never recved it.

Sounds like a great book, and what better place to regroup than the beach....this is where I go after a year of work and stress.

The weather is so cold here that I am forced to stay indoors. I am spending a lot of time reading. I love to read by the fire.

I love the beach, my daughter does not live too far from the beach and we usually go to the beach when we visit her.

I would love to read this book and I will do a review on time.

Winter-time is when due to my health I stay inside much and read. It would be wonderful to be able to have another book to read and and to write a review on. I find writing the reviews to be a writing challenge for me, so it would be a double win!

I would also love to be a host of the book club.

I have personal experience with people that have fought cancer; some won and some did not. It is a frightenig experience for those fighting this terrible disease and those whose love one's sat on the side line watching them fight with the feeling of helplessness.

I would very much like to read and review this woman's struggle in an almost impossible battle and see what helped her keep her courage up during this fight and what she believes helped her win.

Blessings

I recently compiled an artifact collection of stories for my university library on women healers. I am fascinated by the untapped power of womanhood, especially in their own healing process. As a person who escapes to the beach for clarity and life-giving energy, I would like to know Jennie Nash's story and her connection to the beach bungalow.

Anything that doesnt have SNOW in the title sounds good to me.

This sounds like a wonderful book that would take me away from this winter weather! I would love to read and review for the group :)

I read lot and I always love sharing a good book along my travels in life to my sisters.

I'd love to read this book and review it. The women of my family have been and are survivors and emotional healers of themselves and each other.

After I read and review this book, I'll want to pass it on to my daughter who loves the beach and lighthouses. We have some lovely memories of sand, sun and softly lapping waves.

The beach has always represented renewal and a sense of peacefulness for me. I'd love to read and review this book, and since I'm in sunny Florida until early April, I could actually take it to the beach (maybe Sanibel or Captiva Island!) and bask in the warm gulf coast sun and surf while reading it!

I grew up in a beach community and there truly is another mindset of those who live in that enivironment. Whenever I really want to unwind I find a way to get to the beach. Maybe it's the waves, maybe it's the sun, but it's probably the freedom from obligations, if only for just a few hours. I'm in between books and would love to read and review this one. I've been reading a lot of tales about strong women lately: Dash Bateman in Patricia Gaffney's "Mad Dash" and Stephanie Plum in One For the Money.

I'm an outdoorys kind of gal who would love to read this book Please !!

I have three sisters...one with breast cancer, and I have worked with a bunch of women on a close-knit team for years. I find our complex relationships very interesting. Besides...I like the cover image.
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I would love to read The Last Beach Bungalow. My grandmother is a breast cancer survivor, and living near the beach I know how magical of a place it can be. I would also enjoy being a book club host.

What woman doesn't want to feel that she is striving to reach her potential? This sounds like a good book, which I would love to read and review for Gather!

I just finished reading The Beach Girls and loved the connection the women shared and how the beach helped them through very difficult times. I think that this sounds like a wonderful read and I would love to do a book review.

This sounds like a wonderful book. I have three "blood" sisters, all of whom are amazing, incredibly bright, strong women. I also have a sister of the heart who I met several years ago. She and I have an inexplicable bond that has amazed us and filled us with gratitude and thanksgiving. We have no doubt God intended us to find each other.

The beach is where I go to reconnect with God. I would love to read this book. My mom is a breast cancer survivor, so I certainly connect with the author.

I would love to read this book of this woman's struggle over breast cancer and reaching her potential. I enjoy stories of survivors. This one sounds very interesting. Not to mention, the beach is one of my favorite spots.

Hmm, what an overwhelming response! I would be happy to review the book because Jennie Nash seems so grateful for each and every reader. (Note her comments at amazon here) However, with such a great response here, I'd just be happy to part of the discussion!

I'd love to read it to remind myself that hope endures, a good thing to remember when we have freezing temperatures and maybe a blizzard headed our way. Just the image on the cover of that book was inviting, raising hopes that the story would be equally so. Also, I truly love books about facing adversity and finding a way through.

Hope I am not too late to sign up! This book sounds absolutely intriguing. I have a brother who survived Melanoma, and an Aunt who is currently fighting uterine cancer, so to read how another handles their own personal battle, is interesting to me.

I also love to read, and have only written one book review thus far. I would really like to have another opportunity to do a book review.

I particularly enjoy reading all about the beach! I absoulty love the beach, but it's been cloudy, rainy, and gray here for the last few days; perfect for some book reading, beach inspired, of course. And I would love to host the The Last Beach Bungalow Book Club!

I love reading. And this book sounds powerful and inspiring. Plus, it's on the beach and with over 4' of snow here right now --- that sounds perfect!

I would love to read this book and write a review!

After being diagnosed recently with diabetes and beginning my weight loss battle, I too am struggle to discover a new me, and could really use the motivation this book can offer, to survive. I love books about women who are strong willed and overcome the obstacles to walk away a winner. I also love writing reviews!

I'd like to be chosen because I probably won't ever get to read it otherwise - and I think I write pretty good book reviews.
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Beach? Haven't seen one for a looong time. I love to read new authors and this one sounds very interesting. Take me to the beach - I'm begging you!

I read a lot and write reviews of all that I read. I do reviews very well. I would like to read this book too which sounds interesting.

READ MY REVIEWS HERE

I read. I write. I have a mind of winter and a heart full of pain. I need the sand to buff away the hard edges, the sun on my skin, and the wind to carry away my gull-like screams.

Because the sisters need a brother!

This August will be the 14th anniversary of the move I made from Southern California to the Monterey Peninsula. The city of my former residence is a beach community; as is the wonderful Central Coast city which I now call home. I cannot imagine living anywhere that the beach is not within walking distance. There is a calming, satisfying, healing essence to the atmosphere of the beach. It certainly helped me find my center.

I am the first-born child in my family; my parents blessed me with two sisters and three brothers. Another sister was lost to spina bifida in the mid-50's. We lost our mother to cancer in 1989. My youngest sister is presently in colon cancer therapy. We learned only this week that my eldest brother's wife has been diagnosed with a rare tumorous cancer in her sinus. My siblings and I are spread out from Washington, through Oregon, past me and down to an eastern suburb of Los Angeles. We girls speak weekly.

In my "new" environment I am very fortunate to have met women within my immediate surroundings; not an easy task for more mature women. From neighborly friendships, we have found a bond that is not likely to be broken. The feminine magic that is "sisterhood" among women is a powerful force. These beautiful women ~ my wonderful sisters ~ are so very precious to me.

I look forward to reading Jennie Nash's book. (While I'm at the beach with a couple of my sisters.)

Thank you. I guess I got here too late. But I still would love to read this book.



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I too have had struggles in life because I am female and because I am my mother's child. It would be interesting to compare and contrast this woman's story with my own. I can't wait to snuggle in bed and spend a weekend reading a story of triumph.

Too bad I missed it. Good luck to the winners.

It sounds like a good story, good characters, and good plotlines. I like positive endings which may the reader feel that they've made a good purchase.

Sounds like a wonderful book. So many survivors of so many types are out there. So sad

That would be sooo awesome :) "THE BEACH" :)

It sounds like a great book! I could do with a bit of inspiration and motivation right now :)

I'd love to read this. I lost a very dear friend to Breast Cancer last year and another survived her second round this year...

This sounds like a very powerful story. I would love to read about how this character is able navigate her health issues and the demands of daily life.

i would love to see a different perspective on how people get throu similar situation so that i can help others throu their battles

Jennie writes like few others I have read recently. There are few words to describe how what she puts on paper transports the reader to a place called 'epiphany' - but this is what Jennie does. An incredible writer.

Hi this is Jennie Nash, the author, jumping in to join the conversation. I have nothing to do with choosing the reviewers and leaders -- that's up to the smart and incredibly attractive people at Penguin -- but I did just want to say WOW! It's so exciting that so many people are drawn to this story about a breast cancer survivor trying to find her way in the world. Maybe it's because so few books have been written about what happens AFTER cancer. I'm only 43 years old and am already an 8-year survivor, and I plan on being around a really long time, so hopefully I'll be able to tell a lot of stories about what happens -- but for now we have THIS story, and I just wanted to say that I look foward to our upcoming discussions. I also wanted you to urge any of your friends and neighbors and pals who have survived something -- be it cancer or having a kindergartner or maybe just last Wednesday -- to join us. And it won't be all about cancer, I promise! My book is also a meditation on what makes a house a home, so there's a lot of stuff about buying and selling houses, the importance of place, the power of colorful walls, and the quality of light at the beach. Happy Valentine's Day!

Thanks for choosing me to review the book. I'd love to host the discussion... I think I'm a pretty engaging conversationalist. But don't take my word for it, ask around! LOL

I grew up in an all male household and am now the mother of two boys. Growing up, I not only missed having a sister, I had no women in my life. As I get older, I find I yearn for a "sister" and by that I mean a special friend to share my feelings with and to know that someone else understands my experiences and perspective. More and more I find myself reading books and articles aboout women with strong bonds. I will look for this book even if I don't win a free copy.

I also am an only girl but I was lucky enough to connect with 5 "sisters" throughout school and we are still very close. Sisterhood is powerful!

I'd love to be at the beach right now!

My absolute best friend/second mom is a breast cancer survivor and she amazes me. She had a mastectomy and went through radiation and chemo. She worked the entire time she was going through this and was so very sick. She literally worked in a factory while she still had stitches. She is a very strong woman and she is living proof you dont have to let cancer get you down. During this time she also lost a husband to another woman and she endured a divorce and heartache while going through battling for her life. I would like to be chosen for this book where I can share this book with my best friend and show her how much of an inspiration she has been to me to never give up on anything from your life to a simple dream.

I would love to receive this book BUT, with a new job and still working on reading the last book I was chosen to review on, I cannot take on another. But good look, the beach stories are awesome and I still love to read about the inner strength women have.

Here is my intro to my book review, to get people talking and then I'm going to put up my review shortly, as I am SO loving this book and I am savoring it:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977268856

People are talking, the buzz is building...see above. Wait till the review comes out :)

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I'm brand new to gather, so I think this would be awesome!

I'm sad. My copy of this book got lost in the mail and an empty envelope returned to gather. :( I'm still waiting for my replacement copy to arrive!

For all the love to gather you bring
I hope you have a happy Spring!





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