Firefly Beach

by Luanne Rice

Book Overview

Author of the acclaimed novels CLOUD NINE and FOLLOW THE STARS HOME, Luanne Rice returns with another moving portrait of a family in crisis - as three sisters come face-to-face with the past and find in each other the courage to go on. Coolly 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...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553573209
• ISBN13: 9780553573206
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Never disappointed

I haven't been disappointed yet by any of Luanne Rice's books. Firefly Beach is no exception. Great story, great characters, great ending....

firefly

My second favourite book after "SummerLight". I felt warm, and happy after I read the book. Luanne Rice touch my soul deeply. Firefly Beach which I just finished few hours ago, brought me closely to my heart which is still pounding as I am thinking of the book. I share Caroline's view and feelings even thoughts as I am looking at my own life unveil. I am one of the three sisters,unlikely Caroline, I am the youngest but the one who is caring the burden.I would love to read it again and again , i will own this book when the hardcover is out.

Terrific Book!

This is my first book by this author. It was wonderful. The author's exposition of the various characters was unusual in its depth. I read it too quickly - didn't want the story to end. The plot device of the letters between Caroline and Joe was so romantic and so very effective. This is a very special book. Read it!

Very well written

Firefly Beach is one of the best books I've read. The author is truly gifted in her ability to convey depth of emotion simply but powerfully. Looking forward to her next novel.

Powerful family drama

In 1969, at FIREFLY BEACH, Connor arrives at the Renwick home carrying a gun. He accuses the famous artist Hugh Renwick of stealing his wife and plans to steal something that the man loves. However, Renwick is not at home and Connor is unable to kill any of the three Renwick sisters as he had planned. Instead he kills himself. Five-year old Caroline Renwick begins exchanging letters with Connor's six-year-old son Joe, but those letters end years later when he learns his dad committed suicide rather than dying from a heart attack.Over three decades later, Joe returns to FIREFLY BEACH to meet the Renwicks and gain closure. Instead, he finds the Renwicks needing emotional help too. He helps one sister dry out, but opens his heart to the vulnerable, caring Caroline as love blossoms between them. However, that tragedy thirty-plus years ago still nightmarishly lingers as a blockage to any permanent relationship between Caroline and Joe.FIREFLY BEACH is a powerful look at how one tragic event impacts on innocent family members. Three decades after their father had an affair with his mother; all four now adult children and the girls' mother still are psychologically damaged. Luanne Rice escorts the audience inside the heads of her cast so the reader can feel the swirling often-dark emotions that threaten to engulf each character. Ms. Rice is among the top gurus in invoking a realistic healing power of love in her novels and this novel showcases the author at her holistic best.Harriet Klausner