The Beach Trees by Karen White
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Julie's younger sister disappeared without a trace when Julie was twelve. Her mother never gave up hope that she would be found, and when she died, Julie continued to search.

While working at an auction house in New York City, Julie meets Monica Guidry, a single mom and struggling artist who reminds her of her sister. Monica has secrets, her family in New Orleans, why she left them, and most of all, a heart condition. The heart condition takes her life and she leaves her son and half a beach house in Biloxi, MS to Julie.

Julie leaves her life in New York behind and sets out to find the secrets of Monica's past. Their lives are surprisingly interwoven and Julie learns the secrets she came for.

This was a page turner--never knew what would happen next. An interesting look at family dynamics and the results of secret keeping.

This book was borrow from the Edward Ward Carmack public library.

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