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Book Reviews of Firefly Beach

Firefly Beach
Firefly Beach
Author: Luanne Rice
ISBN-13: 9780553573206
ISBN-10: 0553573209
Publication Date: 5/29/2001
Pages: 416
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 221 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
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41 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

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Helpful Score: 3
Very good book! Story of three sisters greatly affected by a tragic event that happened early in their lives. Moving protraint of a family in crisis in New England.
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Helpful Score: 2
I really enjoyed this book. Rice is such a good author to bring you into the story, you just need to read more. Look for Safe Harbor, it's the second part of this book
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Helpful Score: 2
This book held my interest from the first page to the last. The author does a good job of telling mingling the past with the present without dropping the thread of the story. Probably one of my favorites by Luanne Rice. Carol 10/28/07
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Helpful Score: 1
The past and the present come together to join two families united in their anger and grief.
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Helpful Score: 1
Excellent book. Many tears were shed while reading this book.
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Helpful Score: 1
Never read Luanne Rice before, thought she was romance writer. Was surprised at the realistic, intriguing characters that drew me into the emotion of the story. There is some romance, but not the overly-salacious kind. If you have any interest in a (possible/fictional) behind-the-scenes look at a literary figure, beach life, art, and complex family relationships, get this book.
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Helpful Score: 1
The characters are easy to care about and the story a good one.
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Helpful Score: 1
I haven't been disappointed yet by any of Luanne Rice's books. Firefly Beach is no exception. Great story, great characters, great ending.
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Couldn't put it down!
auntnecee avatar reviewed Firefly Beach on + 18 more book reviews
not an author that I usually read but this was a very good book....It grabs you from the beginning and keeps on going...i hated to see it come to an end but at least it was a happy ending
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Excellent book! A page turner!
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I loved this book!!!!
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Excellent!
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Great story line, very enjoyable. This author always keeps my interest.
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Very well written, nice book!
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Good story about three sisters, love, and family secrets. Not my favorite Luanne Rice book, but still very good.
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romance novel about a woman and her past
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Under the summer sky, anything is possible...

Coolly sophistical and steadfastly single, Caroline has always been the sister everyone could count on.

Joe Connor was only six when his father died at Firefly Hill.

Though he and Caroline never met, she reached out to him.
Now, after years of silence, Joe is suddenly here...and Caroline still feels the connection.
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This book by Ms Rice was my first and won't be my last. I loved how it was easy to follow, the story kept you glued to it and you felt like the characters were personal friends. It has intrigue, romance and just good quality. I highly recommend it.
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Liked the Book, good read
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Good story. Read it a while back and liked it.
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read alot
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Another great Luanne Rice book. Enjoyed it very much!
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I like anything Luanne writes.
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Am reading it now, Great book. About 3 sisters on a beach with life problems and love also. Fast pageturner
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I loved this book!!!
Lynne avatar reviewed Firefly Beach on + 35 more book reviews
This is the first Luanne Rice book I've read and it sure won't be my last. I enjoyed this book very much.
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Very Good Book
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Interesting story involving three sisters and a death many years ago. Although, I liked the book enough, it was not a real "page turner" as all of her other books have been for me so far.
ferretlover avatar reviewed Firefly Beach on
Wonderful book, I love this author. I have read almost all her books. 1-5 I give it a 5
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love this book
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Another great book from Luanne Rice!
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Luanne Rice is an excellent author.
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"Ms. Rice shares Ann Tyler's ability to portray offbeat, fey charcters winningly- Atlanta Journal Constitution"
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I enjoyed this book so much! It's a heart grabber! Have tissues nearby!
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Caroline Renwick has always been the sister everyone could count on. She thought that she and her two younger sisters had put the past behind them, but as summer gets under way on the Connecticut coast, a man arrives who has the power to bring it all crashing back. Three deaths haunt the Renwicks. Caroline wonders whether Joe Connor holds the key to her family's healing - or its destruction.
Luanne Rice has built characters who are fully human, and a plot that moves from the past to the present with grace.
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Was given to me..have not read.
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Three sisters gather at their childhood home, thinking they've put the past behind them. Caroline Renwick and Joe Connor were pen pals as children--until the teenaged Joe learned the truth of his father's death. After years of silence, Caroline still feels a connection, but she wonders if Joe holds the key to her family's healing--or it's destruction.
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Caroline Renwick has always been the sister everyone could count on. As she and Clea and Skye gathered at Firefly Hill, their childhood home, Caroline though that they had all put the past behind them. But as summer gets under way, a mysterious man arrives--a man who has the power to bring it all back.
Joe Connor was only six when his father died at Firefly Hill. Though he and Caroline had never met, the five-year-old girl reached out to him. They became pen pals and friends until a teenaged Joe finally learned the truth about what had happened to hi father that night.
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Cooly sophisticated and steadfastly single, Caroline Renwick has always been the sister everyone could count on. As she and Clea and Skye gathered at Firefly Hill, their childhood home, Caroline thought that they had all put the past behind them.
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Cooly sophisticated and steadfastly single, Caroline has always been the sister everyone could count on. As she and Clea and Skye gathered at Firefly Hill, their childhood home, Caroline thought that they had all put the past behind them. But as summer gets under way, a mysterious man arrives---a man who has the power to bring it all back...