Life’s a beach by Claire Cook

In ten words or less: 40-something Ginger searches for love and a career.

Review: Ginger Walsh is in her forties, single, and living in a finished room over a garage at the family house. She’s dabbling at jewelry making, has a sometimes boyfriends Noah, and babysits for her sister’s kids. When nephew Riley is offered a small part in a shark movie being filmed at a nearby beach, Ginger goes to the set as his chaperone. When she meets an attractive gaffer, she accepts a date. And when her parents announce they are selling the house, she will have no where to live.

No so much a romance as a light humorous story of a woman, her cat, her family, and her search for a career. Perfect summer reading.

Why bother: A likeable character carries the story. While some of the other characters seem stereotypical (the kooky parents, the arty boyfriend), it is still an amusing book.