Malibu Rising: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Ballantine Books, Penguin Random House LLC, 2021. Adult fiction. Looking for a great beach book for summer reading? Check out this family saga of four siblings and their rock star father and California mother. Nina, Jay, Hud, and Kit have grown up surfing and living in the gorgeous Malibu, California area. The book features one day, Saturday, August, 27,1983 when the annual Riva party is to be held. From movie stars to local celebrities and wannas bes, everyone wants to be at a famous Riva party. Alternately, portions go back to 1956 when Mick and June Riva first met and then forward in the lives of their family members. Nina, the oldest, whose tennis champ husband has just left her, has always been the "grown up". Jay is a champion surfer with a secret. Hud is a famous photographer with his own guilty conscience. And, young Kit is just becoming independent and finding herself. Reid's writing is smooth and readers may have a hard time putting down this tale once it begins to unwind. The setting is, of course, beautiful and will return those of us fortunate enough to have been there and make new fans of others. But, it is the characters who drive the plot and find their ways into your mind and heart.
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