A Trip to the Beach

A Trip to the Beach
Author :
Publisher : Potter Style
Total Pages : 306
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781400045327
ISBN-13 : 1400045320
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Trip to the Beach by : Melinda Blanchard

Download or read book A Trip to the Beach written by Melinda Blanchard and published by Potter Style. This book was released on 2001-11-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of a trip to the beach that never ends. It's about a husband and wife who escape civilization to build a small restaurant on an island paradise -- and discover that even paradise has its pitfalls. It's a story filled with calamities and comedy, culinary disasters and triumphs, and indelible portraits of people who live and work on a sliver of beauty set in the Caribbean Sea. It's about the maddening, exhausting, outlandish complications of trying to live the simple life -- and the joy that comes when you somehow pull it off. The story begins when Bob and Melinda Blanchard sell their successful Vermont food business and decide, perhaps impulsively, to get away from it all. Why not open a beach bar and grill on Anguilla, their favorite Caribbean island? One thing leads to another and the little grill turns into an enchanting restaurant that quickly draws four-star reviews and a celebrity-studded clientele eager for Melinda's delectable cooking. Amid the frenetic pace of the Christmas "high season," the Blanchards and their kitchen staff -- Clinton and Ozzie, the dancing sous-chefs; Shabby, the master lobster-wrangler; Bug, the dish-washing comedian -- come together like a crack drill team. And even in the midst of hilarious pandemonium, there are moments of bliss. As the Blanchards learn to adapt to island time, they become ever more deeply attached to the quirky rhythms and customs of their new home. Until disaster strikes: Hurricane Luis, a category-4 storm with two-hundred-mile-an-hour gusts, devastates Anguilla. Bob and Melinda survey the wreckage of their beloved restaurant and wonder whether leaving Anguilla, with its innumerable challenges, would be any easier than walking out on each other. Affectionate, seductive, and very funny, A Trip to the Beach is a love letter to a place that becomes both home and escape.


A Trip to the Beach Related Books

A Trip to the Beach
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Melinda Blanchard
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-11-20 - Publisher: Potter Style

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is the true story of a trip to the beach that never ends. It's about a husband and wife who escape civilization to build a small restaurant on an island pa
Beach Trip
Language: en
Pages: 433
Authors: Cathy Holton
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-22 - Publisher: Ballantine Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“Break out the tissues, sunblock, and margarita mix as four friends reunite after twenty-three years for a beach party in [this] feast of Southern friendship.
A Trip to the Beach
Language: en
Pages: 32
Authors: Gwyn Perkins
Categories: Beaches
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-29 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Today's the day - Iggy's goingto catch a wave without any help!Or at least that's what Grandad thinks.Iggy isn't quite so sure.What follows is an unforgettable
My First Trip to the Beach
Language: en
Pages: 26
Authors: Katie Kawa
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-01 - Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Using a fictionalized approach, readers join a family as they explore the sand, sun, and waves at the beach for the first time. Colorful illustrations capture t
The Beach
Language: en
Pages: 449
Authors: Alex Garland
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-07-05 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The irresistible novel that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The Khao San Road, Bangkok -- first stop for the hordes of rootl