Sunset Beach

By Trish Perry

Description:

Sonny Miller is tired of not knowing who she is. Soon she’ll begin graduate school to earn her masters in Psychology. But how can she counsel future clients about their identities when she isn’t even sure about her own? To that end she has cooked up a little meeting at a certain beach house in San Diego.

Sonny’s mother, classical soprano Teresa Miller, isn’t aware she’s about to be reunited at the beach house with her sister, Melanie Hines, after 25 years of estrangement. And Sonny isn’t aware her mother has invited a surprise guest of her own. Russian adoptee, Irina Petrova, finds herself dragged along on a trip so tumultuous she summons her handsome concert violinist brother for moral support.

The four women converge on the funky little beach house in San Diego, each with her own disappointments and hopes about family, identity, and love. For Sonny, the trip reveals all she expected and more than she ever dreamed.

Book Takeaway:

I would hope readers would rejoice in the power of honesty, forgiveness, and the awareness of our true inheritance as children of God.

Awards:

Why the author wrote this book:

When I wrote Beach Dreams, I wasn't aware I would have the opportunity to revisit the San Diego beach house. I loved creating all new characters for the return trip in Sunset Beach. Sonny Miller, her vacation roommates, and their questions and confessions about family and identity provided plenty of conflict and fun. I enjoyed watching with Sonny as the mysteries of her past unfolded. And I loved exploring the possibilities of new friendship and romance afforded by Irina and her brother. I'm not yet ready to say goodbye to these new characters, and I hope readers will feel the same!