{"id":200,"date":"2020-04-13T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thathappyreader.ca\/staging\/4750\/staging\/4750\/?p=200"},"modified":"2020-04-13T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:30:00","slug":"the-last-bathing-beauty-by-amy-sue_13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thathappyreader.ca\/staging\/4750\/the-last-bathing-beauty-by-amy-sue_13\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Bathing Beauty by Amy Sue Nathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xp63ux-2W34\/Xp3EnpBDaTI\/AAAAAAAAG_I\/4DRCArPKFaMNCEoCaBW15XnoMgoOwTqBgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/1586750071970567_Original.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1124\" data-original-width=\"1500\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xp63ux-2W34\/Xp3EnpBDaTI\/AAAAAAAAG_I\/4DRCArPKFaMNCEoCaBW15XnoMgoOwTqBgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s640\/1586750071970567_Original.jpg?resize=640%2C478&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b>From the Publisher:<\/b> <i>&#8220;A former beauty queen faces the secrets of her past\u2014for herself and the sake of her family\u2019s future\u2014in a heartfelt novel about fate, choices, and second chances&#8221;.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>My thoughts: <\/b>In 1951, Betty \u201cBoop\u201d Stern wanted nothing more than to have a summer romance and to spend her days with her friends Doris and Georgia at the Jewish lake resort where she lived with her Grandparents.  Her parents had left her with her Grandparents when Betty was five years old, and she\u2019d always been an ideal Granddaughter  &#8211; one that worked hard at the resort in summers, and did well at school.   In fact, Betty was due to head off for college at the end of summer.  This, at a time in history, when most girls aspired to get married and have a family if, and when, they completed high school. <\/p>\n<p>Betty finds her romance in the very attractive college man Abe, there to work at the resort over the summer.  The attraction is immediate and intense.  When she learns from Abe that he isn\u2019t Jewish, Betty realizes this might impede a future together as far as her family was concerned.  But she loved him and she was sure that her family would grow to love him as well.   <\/p>\n<p>The book is told from two time periods:  Betty, in the summer of 1951, and Boop as a woman in her 80\u2019s in 2017.   Rejoined for one last summer at the home of her youth by her life long friends, Boop is surprised by a visit from her Granddaughter Hannah, who needs some time away from her own life to gain perspective and to get advice from her Grandmother.  The secret story of her youth is recalled to Hannah in order to provide some insight into the decisions that Hannah must make, as well as to bring peace to Boop for decisions made long ago. <\/p>\n<p>I really enjoyed this story.  Fans of the movie \u201cDirty Dancing\u201d will appreciate the context and setting of this story.  I appreciate the messaging in the book, which reflects a time some might say was simpler, but also more rigid. <\/p>\n<p>This book is a perfect summer read and I recommend it to readers of Women\u2019s fiction. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Netgalley and Lake Union Publishing for the ARC of this book in exchange for the honest review provided here. <\/p>\n<div>My rating &#8211; \u2b50\ufe0f \u2b50\ufe0f \u2b50\ufe0f \u2b50\ufe0f\/5.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Publisher: &#8220;A former beauty queen faces the secrets of her past\u2014for herself and the sake of her family\u2019s future\u2014in a heartfelt novel about fate, choices, and second chances&#8221;. 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