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Nancy Thayer Biography & Facts
Nancy Thayer (born December 14, 1943) is an American novelist who has written thirty-one books. Personal life Thayer is the daughter of Jane Patton and was born on December 14, 1943, in Emporia, Kansas. Thayer married her second husband, Charles Walters, a music store owner, in 1984. They live in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and have two children: Joshua Thayer and Samantha Wilde, who is also a novelist. Career Thayer published her first novel when she was close to forty and already the mother of her two children. She has published regularly since. Her novels focus on contemporary social issues coupled with interesting plots and characters. Her books have been translated into Dutch, Italian, German, Danish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Swedish, Romanian, Hebrew and Finnish. Books Stepping (1980, Doubleday) Three Women At the Waters' Edge (1981, Doubleday) Bodies and Souls (1983, Doubleday) Nell (1984, William Morrow) Morning (1987, Charles Scribner's Sons) Spirit Lost (1988, Charles Scribner's Sons) My Dearest Friend (1988, Charles Scribner's Sons) Everlasting (1991, Viking) Family Secrets (1993, Viking) Belonging (1995, St. Martin's Press) An Act Of Love (1997, St. Martin's Press) Between Husbands and Friends (1999, St. Martin's Press) Custody (2001, St. Martin's Press) The Hot Flash Club (2003, Ballantine) The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again (2004, Ballantine) Hot Flash Holidays (2005, Ballantine) The Hot Flash Club Chills Out (2006, Ballantine) Moon Shell Beach (2008, Ballantine) Summer House (2009, Ballantine) Beachcombers (2010, Ballantine) Heat Wave (2011, Ballantine) Summer Breeze (2012, Ballantine) Island Girls (2013, Ballantine) A Nantucket Christmas (2013, Ballantine) Nantucket Sisters (2014) An Island Christmas (2014, Ballantine Books) ISBN 978-0-553-39387-3 The Guest Cottage (2015, Ballantine Books) The Island House (2016) Secrets in Summer (2017) A Nantucket Wedding (2018) Surfside Sisters (2019) Let It Snow (2019) Girls of Summer (2020) Family Reunion (2021) Summer Love (2022) Articles "Plotting the Novel" (1988) Adaptations Stepping was adapted as 13 part series for British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Spirit Lost was adapted for film and released by United Image Entertainment References Portland Book Review | Tag Archives: Nancy Thayer Review: Summer House by Nancy Thayer | Book, Line, and Sinker Novel Escapes: Island Girls by Nancy Thayer Summer Breeze by Nancy Thayer - Summer Reading 2012 - Woman's Day Summer House | Bookreporter.com The Barnstable Patriot - Books reviewed in The Barnstable Patriot. Discover the Nancy Thayer popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Nancy Thayer books.
Best Seller Nancy Thayer Books of 2024
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Slightly South of Simple
Kristy Woodson HarveyNATIONAL BESTSELLER Glitter Guide’s “Must Reads for April” PopSugar’s “Ultimate Summer Reading” Bustle’s Books to Read and Discuss With Your Mom and Grandma New York Live’s “Ashley...
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The Summer House
Hannah McKinnonWhen Flossy Merrill summons her children to the beloved family beach house to celebrate their father’s eightieth birthday, both cherished memories and longkept secrets come to ligh...
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Let It Snow
Nancy ThayerCOMING SOON AS THE HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE NANTUCKET NOELA Nantucket shopkeeper discovers that Christmas is the perfect occasion to make unexpected friendships . . . to warm the c...
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The Summer Daughter
Colleen FrenchIn a summer read rich in depth and heart, acclaimed author Colleen French tells a story of love, motherhood, friendship, and family in a picturesque Delaware beach town . . . ...
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The Summer We Started Over
Nancy ThayerTwo sisters reconnect and pursue their dreams on the beautiful island of Nantucket, overcoming life’s challenges and finding new love, in this heartwarming and hopeful novel by New...
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A Summer Love Affair
Holly ChamberlinSummer in Maine means breezy, sunkissed beach days, golden evenings, and, in bestselling author Holly Chamberlin’s irresistible novels, a time for selfdiscovery and surprising conn...
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Beach House Memories
Mary Alice MonroeNew York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe's Southernset classic Beach House Memories, the sequel to The Beach House, now a Hallmark Channel movie starring Andie MacDowell...
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The Bakery on the Hill
Cathy BramleyThe perfect life is as easy to bake as the perfect pie... Hetty Greengrass is the perfect wife and mother. Spending the last twelve years helping her husband Dan run Sunnybank Farm...
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Heat Wave
Nancy ThayerLyrical, emotional, dramatic, and packed with Nancy Thayer’s trademark warmth and wisdom, Heat Wave tells the moving story of a woman who, after her seemingly perfect life unravel...
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Barefoot in the Sand
Holly ChamberlinSet against the backdrop of the beautiful Maine coast, Holly Chamberlin’s novels are a summer staple. Now she weaves a heartfelt story of past and present summers and new beginning...
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The Summer Club
Hannah McKinnonHannah McKinnon, the acclaimed author of the “charming and warmhearted” (PopSugar) The Summer House, returns with a fresh beach read about a group of outsiders threatening the stat...
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The Lake Season
Hannah McKinnonSet in the weeks leading up to an idyllic New England wedding, this “enticing and refreshing” (Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author) novel sparkles with wry wit, sweet r...
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The Darlings
Hannah McKinnonOn a secluded stretch of Cape Cod, a wedding is being planned at a beloved beach houseonly for a long kept secret to emerge that hurtles both the wedding and the family off course,...
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Feels Like Falling
Kristy Woodson HarveyFrom “the next major voice in Southern fiction” (Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author) and the bestselling author of the Peachtree Bluff series comes the instant USA...
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Beach House Reunion
Mary Alice MonroeThe New York Times bestselling author and “skilled storyteller who never lets her readers down” (Huffington Post) returns to her beloved Beach House series with this “authentic, ge...
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The Summer of Lost and Found
Mary Alice MonroeThe New York Times bestselling Beach House series continues with this timely, tender, and compassionate tale of perseverance, love, and the bonds of family in the face of tremendou...
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The View from Here
Hannah McKinnonFrom the acclaimed author of Sailing Lessons and Mystic Summera “charming gem of a novel” (Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author)an evocative and moving tale about...
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Sailing Lessons
Hannah McKinnonOn the shores of Cape Cod, the Bailey sisters reunite with their longlost father for a summer of hope and forgiveness in this heartfelt novel from the author of the “sharp and evoc...
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The Summer Sail
Wendy Francis“A great summer read for fans of Jennifer Weiner and Emily Giffin.” (Library Journal) A trio of college friends who reunite aboard a cruise ship experience an unforgettable vacatio...
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On Ocean Boulevard
Mary Alice MonroeThis “authentic, generous, and heartfelt” (Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author) instant New York Times bestseller from the author of The Summer of Lost and Found re...
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Beach House for Rent
Mary Alice MonroeNew York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe returns to her beloved Isle of Palms to tell the poignant, charming story of two women, one summer, and one very special beach h...
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Girls of Summer
Nancy ThayerOne lifechanging summer on Nantucket brings about exhilarating revelations for a single mother and her two grown children in this sensational novel from New York Times bestselling ...
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Summer Love
Nancy ThayerNATIONAL BESTSELLER Old secrets come to light when four friends gather on Nantucket for a lifechanging reunion in this heartwarming novel of love and selfdiscovery by New York Tim...
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The Summer of Songbirds
Kristy Woodson HarveyINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFour women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves in the process in this moving new novel from th...
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A Happier Life
Kristy Woodson HarveyWith “her signature warmth and Southern charm” (E! Online), the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer of Songbirds and the Peachtree Bluff series presents a tender and to...
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A Lowcountry Christmas
Mary Alice MonroeA wounded warrior and his younger brother discover the true meaning of Christmas in a timeless story of family in this “lovely and memorable” (Luis Carlos Montalván, New York Times...
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The Season of Comfort and Joy
Cathy BramleyCurl up this Christmas with bestselling author Cathy Bramley THE SEASON OF COMFORT AND JOY continues the story of The Village Cookery School and contains recipes!It's Christmas Ev...
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Mystic Summer
Hannah McKinnon“When two roads diverge...take the one that leads to the beach! Hannah McKinnon delivers a charming gem of a novel in Mystic Summer. I adored this book.” Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New Y...
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Summer Roommates
Holly ChamberlinA summer beach read with heart and substance, this poignant novel will delight fans of Elin Hildebrand, Nancy Thayer, and Shelley Noble, as four older women who are strangers to ea...
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The Summer Guests
Mary Alice MonroeThis “authentic, generous, and heartfelt” (Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author) novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Beach House series is about ...
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On the Line
Fern MichaelsThe masterful storytelling and gripping suspense that are trademarks of the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author combine in this thrilling story perfect for fans of Nora Ro...
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The Southern Side of Paradise
Kristy Woodson HarveyThe internationally bestselling Peachtree Bluff series concludes with this “deliciously authentic Southern tale of family and the often messy, complex relationships between sisters...
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Moon Shell Beach
Nancy ThayerNew York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer delighted readers with her sparkling Hot Flash Club series. Now she has written a vibrant new novel set within a tightknit island com...
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Message in the Sand
Hannah McKinnonAn emotional and unforgettable tale of a small town irrevocably affected by an unforeseen and shocking eventfrom the author of the “charming gem of a novel” (Elin Hilderbrand, #1 N...
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Late Summer in the Vineyard
Jo Thomas'Love this book ... makes me want to live on a vineyard in the South of France!' Lisa Zupan, Producer of P.S. I Love You Escape to France with LATE SUMMER IN THE VINEYARD Jo Thoma...
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Surfside Sisters
Nancy ThayerNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Nantucket woman returns home to find that reunions aren’t always simple, in this heartwarming novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Nan...
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No Way Out
Fern MichaelsA riveting new read that will thrill you from #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels, perfect for fans of Nora Roberts, Rachel Caine, and J.D. Robb. Ellie Bowman...
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Family Reunion
Nancy ThayerNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A longtime Nantucket resident is trying to make the best of a lonely summer. Her spirited granddaughter is learning what she wants out of life. Unfo...
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A Christmas House Wedding
Victoria James‘Tis the season at The Christmas House, and Ruby Harris is getting marriedbut a winter storm of emotion could derail the whole affair in New York Times and USA Today bestselling au...
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Fear Thy Neighbor
Fern MichaelsA thrilling new book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of No Way Out, that fans of Nora Roberts and Rachel Caine won’t want to miss! One woman’s pictureperfect island s...
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The Secret to Southern Charm
Kristy Woodson HarveyA 2018 Spring Okra Pick USA TODAY Happy Ever After’s Best Women’s Fiction Southern Living’s Most Anticipated Beach Reads of 2018 Deep South Magazine’s Summer Reading List Raleigh N...
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Under the Southern Sky
Kristy Woodson HarveyThis instant New York Times bestsellerthat’s “perfect for fans of beach reads, P.S. I Love You, and anything by authors Jennifer Weiner and Elin Hilderbrand” (Country Living) follo...
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All the Days of Summer
Nancy ThayerA woman’s second act on the island of Nantucket delivers much more than she expected in this captivating novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer.“A beautiful, hopef...
