Title: The Beach Trees
Description: From the time she was twelve, Julie Holt knew what a random tragedy can do to a family. At that tender age, her little sister disappeared-never to be found. It was a loss that slowly eroded the family bonds she once relied on. As an adult with a prestigious job in the arts, Julie meets a struggling artist who reminds her so much of her sister, she can't help feeling protective. It is a friendship that begins a long and painful process of healing for Julie, leading her to a house on the Gulf Coast, ravaged by hurricane Katrina, and to stories of family that take her deep into the past.
Subjects: Family secrets, Women artists, Fiction, Self-realization in women, Missing persons, Fiction, coming of age, Women artists, fiction, Missing persons, fiction, Biloxi (miss.), fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, family life, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2011-05-22, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, family life, general