GMABOOK CLUB PICK ONE OFPEOPLEMAGAZINES BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER An outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who moves to a small beach town looking for peace, only to find herself in an all-out war with her neighbors.

When Kathleen Deanes husband, Tom, tells her hes no longer happy with his life and their marriage, Kathleen is confused. They live in Kansas. Theyve been married thirty years. Who said anything about being happy? But with Tom off finding himself, Kathleen starts to think about what she wants. And her thoughts lead her to a small beach community on the east coast, a town called Whitbey that has always looked lovely in the Christmas letters her childhood friend Josie sends every year.

It turns out, though, that life in Whitbey is nothing like Josies letters. Kathleens new neighbor, Rosemary, is cantankerous, and the towns supervisor wont return Ka