The Guest Book, Marybeth Whalen
The Guest Book, Marybeth Whalen
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The Guest Book
A Novel

Author: Marybeth Whalen

Narrator: Reneé Raudman, Renee Raudman

Unabridged: 8 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 07/03/2012


Synopsis

Twenty-five years after she began exchanging drawings with a mysterious boy in the guest book of a Carolina beach house, Macy Dillon is back at Sunset Beach—this time toting a hurting heart and a broken family. Questions of childhood, loss, and longing for love are explored in The Guest Book. When Macy Dillon was five years old her father encouraged her to draw a picture in the guestbook of a Carolina beach house. The next year, Macy returned to discover a drawing by an unidentified little boy on the facing page. Over the next eleven years the children continue to exchange drawings … until tragedy ends visits to the beach house altogether. During her final trip to Sunset, Macy asks her anonymous friend to draw her one last picture and tells him where to hide the guest book in hopes that one day she will return to find it—and him.Twenty-five years after that first picture, Macy is back at Sunset Beach—this time toting a broken family and a hurting heart. One night, alone by the ocean, Macy asks God to help her find the boy she never forgot, the one whose beautiful pictures touched something deep inside of her. Will she ever find him? And if she does, will the guestbook unite them or merely be the relic of a lost childhood?

About Marybeth Whalen

Marybeth Whalen is the author of Every Moment Since and nine previous novels. Marybeth received a BA degree in English with a concentration in Writing and Editing from NC State University a long time ago and has been writing ever since. She is the co-founder of The Book Tide, an online community of readers where "a rising tide raises all books." Marybeth and her husband Curt are the parents of six children, with only one left at home. A native of Charlotte, NC, Marybeth now calls Sunset Beach, NC home. Visit her online at: www.marybethwhalen.com; Instagram: @marybethwhalen; Facebook: @marybethwhalen


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gloria on May 04, 2016

Macy Dillon and her family went to Sunset Beach, North Carolina every year until the death of her father. It was too painful for them to continue going. Macy's mom has continued celebrating her father's birthday each year as though he were alive and has a shrine to his memory in her home. On the ten......more

Goodreads review by Lisa Kaye Moeller on May 15, 2019

Sunday School Story Just not a story I enjoyed. Extremely spiritual on a very simplistic level. Plot just dragged on Found myself skipping entire passages.......more

Goodreads review by My Book Addiction and More on July 21, 2012

THE GUEST BOOK by Mary Beth Whalen is a christian fiction set in Sunset Beach,North Carolina. Follow Macy Dillion to Sunset Beach, North Carolina.Go with Macy with her struggles,grief,healing,regrets, a mysterious guest book,love,second chances, a few twists and turns. A great summer read! Of course......more

Goodreads review by Teresa on December 28, 2017

Enjoyed this quick read. I love Sunset Beach and it was nice to go back and visit with Macy and her family. I can identify with the sadness Macy felt and how she struggled with the memories of staying at the beach house after her father died. I experienced the same type of emotions when I returned f......more

Goodreads review by Victoria on January 03, 2017

Not many layers to this novel but it turned out to be more than I'd expected. A pretty normal family--widowed mom, single son struggling to find his niche, single-mom daughter just struggling, and her adorable little daughter--sets out to face their future, at last, by returning to their past, a bea......more