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You Classy Beach
I’m the first one to admit it–the beach is not sexy. Sand grains end up everywhere. Wet swimsuits and tiny towels create numerous complications. Exfoliation is inevitable. In all the wrong places. But none of it ever stopped me from falling in love with the geographic wonder known as the coast. Hi, I’m Jenn Shon, and I’ve had an over fifty-year love-affair with the beach. It’s been the setting of so many big moments, I knew those stories deserved a spotlight.
This book takes you on a tour of my life’s ridiculousness at some of my favorite beaches from New England to Florida, Ireland to St Lucia, and of course California. The stories are real, honest, creatively spun, and span two continents, a minimum of four countries, and more sketchy motel rooms than I’d like to admit. Between almost dying in the Atlantic Ocean to crying over the destruction of a smokestack, traveling with illicit substances to seeing my backlit salvation out an airplane window, this book has everything you need for a great beach read.
But I implore you, when life hands you sand try not to get any down your pants.
From the publisher:
Author Jenn Shon, also Jenn Flynn-Shon, trained for this moment for thirty-nine years. When Shon penned her first journal entry at age eleven, that’s all it took to launch a near four-decade love/hate affair with documenting the highs and lows of her life. Today, her stories are polished and approved to nestle into this, her first collection of essays. Biting wit, love for irony, and a dash of self-depreciation characterize Shon’s voice both on and off the page. The twenty-eight stories in this book traverse the Northeast United States, tropical destinations in and outside the country, Europe, California and beyond. Just don’t get her started on why Plymouth, MA is not the Cape unless you have a spare hour to waste.
This book takes you on a tour of my life’s ridiculousness at some of my favorite beaches from New England to Florida, Ireland to St Lucia, and of course California. The stories are real, honest, creatively spun, and span two continents, a minimum of four countries, and more sketchy motel rooms than I’d like to admit. Between almost dying in the Atlantic Ocean to crying over the destruction of a smokestack, traveling with illicit substances to seeing my backlit salvation out an airplane window, this book has everything you need for a great beach read.
But I implore you, when life hands you sand try not to get any down your pants.
From the publisher:
Author Jenn Shon, also Jenn Flynn-Shon, trained for this moment for thirty-nine years. When Shon penned her first journal entry at age eleven, that’s all it took to launch a near four-decade love/hate affair with documenting the highs and lows of her life. Today, her stories are polished and approved to nestle into this, her first collection of essays. Biting wit, love for irony, and a dash of self-depreciation characterize Shon’s voice both on and off the page. The twenty-eight stories in this book traverse the Northeast United States, tropical destinations in and outside the country, Europe, California and beyond. Just don’t get her started on why Plymouth, MA is not the Cape unless you have a spare hour to waste.
248 pages, Paperback
Published July 1, 2024
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September 9, 2024
A heartfelt and humorous account of Jenn’s lifelong love affair with the beach.
Jenn Shon takes the reader coast to coast, and across the oceans as she shares her beachy recollections. Even when she’s not at the beach she’s planning and dreaming about her next trip. The reader is left in no doubt that Jenn Shon loves the beach and this candid collection of adventures allows the reader to tag along unnoticed.
Whatever happens in Jenn's life, she always finds time to dig her toes into the sand.
Jenn Shon takes the reader coast to coast, and across the oceans as she shares her beachy recollections. Even when she’s not at the beach she’s planning and dreaming about her next trip. The reader is left in no doubt that Jenn Shon loves the beach and this candid collection of adventures allows the reader to tag along unnoticed.
Whatever happens in Jenn's life, she always finds time to dig her toes into the sand.
September 15, 2024
I'd been putting off finishing because I didn't want it to end. This is the BEST book that Jenn has written. She puts her own life out there in a way that makes you feel like she is sitting with you telling stories about her times at various beaches! I cannot recommend this book enough. Congratulation Jenn!
August 4, 2024
I truly feel this is the best book Jenn Shon has written. In each story it’s as though you are right there, maybe swimming along on her shoulder. 🧜♀️💕
August 30, 2024
Shon's best read to date! I devoured this one in a single sitting because I truly couldn't out it down. YCB will have you feeling the itch to hit the beach- or maybe that itch is from the sand.
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