A Day at the Beach (Paperback) by Helen Schulman

from bobbieharv

This book started out well but became more and more irritating as it went along, until by the end it was almost unreadable. Very slow pace, undeveloped characters, melodramatic. Surprising, because I think it got good reviews.

from Iambookish

This is a mediocre love story at best, repackaged to be a story about 9/11. If I was in NYC the day of the attacks, I would be offended at the flippant way the days events are squeezed into the narrative of this not very good novel.

from phoenixcomet

A great read. The story takes place on September 11th and depicts the responses of a man, Gerhard Falktopf, his wife, Suzannah and their autistic son, Nikolai to the devastation that occurs in lower Manhattan. They flee the city to the Hamptons and each come into their own realizations about what...

from phoenixcomet

A great read. The story takes place on September 11th and depicts the responses of a man, Gerhard Falktopf, his wife, Suzannah and their autistic son, Nikolai to the devastation that occurs in lower Manhattan. They flee the city to the Hamptons and each come into their own realizations about what...