The Sand Castle

Name: The Sand Castle
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Rita Mae Brown
ISBN: 9781400178216

Author: Rita Mae Brown

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 1 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/11/2008

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

It's August 1952, and seven-year-old Nickel sets off for a day at the seashore with her mother, aunt, and cousin Leroy. Everyone is excited when they reach Chesapeake Bay—everyone except for Leroy, who is recently motherless and frightened of the world around him. Nickel delights in tormenting her cousin, but, as the group lounges on the beach and begins work on a magnificent sand castle, the sisters try to coax him out of his shell by telling stories about their own childhood trips to the shore. However, Nickel's taunting of Leroy escalates, and the family history between her mother and aunt rises to the surface—and then a crab bites Leroy, and they must all come together. Only years later can Nickel see that day for what it truly was—a life-changing lesson about family and the pleasure and heartbreak that comes with it.

About Rita Mae Brown

Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of numerous books, including Rubyfruit Jungle, The Hounds and the Fury, Six of One, Hounded to Death, In Her Day, Six of One, and Alma Mater. She also writes the popular Sister Jane mysteries and the Sneaky Pie Brown mystery series. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, she lives in Afton, Virginia, where she is master of foxhounds of Oak Ridge Hunt Club.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on November 25, 2021

Truthfully I am not sure why I picked this up from my library as it's not the type of thing I usually read at all. I had been browsing the shelves and for some unknown reason this little book stood out. I guess I was attracted to a beach story since colder weather is here now. And to my surprise I a......more

Goodreads review by Melody on July 30, 2008

I loved Six of One, where Brown introduced many of the characters who reappear in this book. She's written several sequels, each more perfunctory than the last. This latest chapter can't be called perfunctory but it is very odd inasmuch as several characters have inexplicably changed names (Cora bec......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on July 22, 2024

Idk if this book should be called a short story or a novella; it has the WIDEST page margins I've ever seen! Like 1 in. on every side! These Runnymede books are more of a collection than a series. There is date overlap on all of them. There are also continuity errors. e.g. This one is 1952. The last......more