What is the name of this book???????

KerryBee · Sep 8, 2009

Ok I know I'm giving little here, maybe too little but here goes anyway.
A few years ago I read a book that I really liked but apparently not enough to remember the name or much detail.But I would like to read it again- that much I do know.

This is all i remember about it:

A girl takes off from work and goes to live in this house by the sea….her dads? I don’t know. It’s a fixer upper. There’s a facility outside to wash clothes. She gets fish and chips the one day... There is a cliff….? Someone jumped off it?
She meets an old man who lives in a rented house I think? He makes her tea… The house might have been left to her by her dead dad, her sister got jealous, she tried to sue her for it and eventually comes to visit?
The girl meets a guy…
I know its vague and random but if anyone has any idea the name and author...PLEASE tell me!!!
Urgh! *scrunches forehead in frustration*

lonestarlibrarian · Sep 8, 2009

Do you know about when it was written? Are you looking for a recent publication, or something that you read a few decades ago?

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KerryBee · Sep 9, 2009

I must have read it about 6 maybe 7 years ago, so its not recent

KerryBee · Sep 9, 2009

I remembered something else- I think she hates her mother, who re-married a rich guy just for his money. The house she inherited was the dad's love nest with this other woman that he actually loved, I think they have a kid together. The MC finds all this out and tries to look for the other woman.

F.F. · Sep 11, 2009

Urgh it sounds like that movie "Life As A House".

Also why is this posted in the YA section? A book where a woman inherits her father's house and then has to deal with being sued by her sister does not sound very YA'ish to me.

himynameisamanda · Sep 11, 2009

It reminded me of "Jacob Have I Loved" but I haven't read that in like 15 years so my memory might be spotty.

Marzipan · Sep 11, 2009

Humm, maybe try posting this in 'novels' this doesn't ring a bell for me, and doesn't sount like YA, or is it? Just trying to be helpful.

KerryBee · Sep 12, 2009

no its not YA but
I'm a YA writer so this is where I am most of the time,I didn't think to post it in novels thanks so much for the idea the kidd

Torgo · Sep 14, 2009

Try this at Booksleuth on the abebooks forums - they'll get it in a flash.

What is the name of this book???????

KerryBee

lonestarlibrarian

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KerryBee

KerryBee

F.F.

himynameisamanda

Marzipan

KerryBee

Torgo

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