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laurieb755 's review for:
The Inevitable Guest: A Survival Guide to Being Company and Having Company on Cape Cod
by Marcia J. Monbleau
Spot on. Period.
I spent parts of summers and off-season holidays on the Cape, guesting it at my in-laws for upwards (and perhaps over) 30 years. They began with a summer house and gradually expanded to accommodate my mother-in-law's mother and their own burgeoning in-law and grandchildren stock.
In the past seven years I have rented three houses on the Cape, first with my husband and some of his siblings, then just the two of us, and finally with my son and his family.
I share the above so you know that I know something about living and visiting on the Cape, and so you realize that my opening two sentences come from experience.
Marcia J. Monbleau captures the rhyme and reason and rhythm of Cape Cod (and heck, I only know a small tiny parcel of the Cape!) perfectly. Plus she understands the mixed excitement of hosting and guesting.
For such a short book read on this lazy Sunday afternoon, I sure had a relatively large amount of words to offer. ;-) And one week ago we returned from the perfect two weeks on Cape Cod. What else can I say?
Oh yes. That we are thinking of becoming non-guests and segueing to residents. Sometime in the next few years. At which time, all our friends will be invited to come stay with us as guests. We'll send them directions and a copy of this book.
I spent parts of summers and off-season holidays on the Cape, guesting it at my in-laws for upwards (and perhaps over) 30 years. They began with a summer house and gradually expanded to accommodate my mother-in-law's mother and their own burgeoning in-law and grandchildren stock.
In the past seven years I have rented three houses on the Cape, first with my husband and some of his siblings, then just the two of us, and finally with my son and his family.
I share the above so you know that I know something about living and visiting on the Cape, and so you realize that my opening two sentences come from experience.
Marcia J. Monbleau captures the rhyme and reason and rhythm of Cape Cod (and heck, I only know a small tiny parcel of the Cape!) perfectly. Plus she understands the mixed excitement of hosting and guesting.
For such a short book read on this lazy Sunday afternoon, I sure had a relatively large amount of words to offer. ;-) And one week ago we returned from the perfect two weeks on Cape Cod. What else can I say?
Oh yes. That we are thinking of becoming non-guests and segueing to residents. Sometime in the next few years. At which time, all our friends will be invited to come stay with us as guests. We'll send them directions and a copy of this book.