Marilyn was sent by her parents to stay with her Aunt Ada (a matchmaker in the community) in New Jersey. She was sent away to help her dad forget what happened when she and Daniel were caught making out in the synagogue in from of everyone as the glass in the sanctuary broke open. She was offered marriage, but she refused.
While she was with her aunt for the summer, she helped her aunt's matchmaking business by finding eligible boys' phone numbers by the seashore. While trying to find phone numbers from the eligible bachelors, she met Freddy, who eventually became her boyfriend. But Freddy dated some other girls before her, and one had gotten pregnant. Freddy begged Marilyn to still marry him, but she refused. She preferred not to carry the burden of thinking of the other girl with a baby on the way.
After refusing Freddy, Marilyn was okay to move on and concentrate on her writing, but then Daniel (the boy she made out with in New York) showed up. Daniel confessed that he really liked her and would like a date for a chance for them to know each other.
I am not telling the entire story, but I enjoyed the funny and realistic way that Marilyn and her Aunt Ada related to each other. I like the way Marilyn and Daniel got to know each other.
In the end, I had a nice experience reading the book, because it brought back my memories of when I recently visited the beaches in Cape May, and it really was like what the author was describing. I felt like I was there with their walks in the boardwalks, getting ice cream, walking on sand dunes, and watching sunsets and sunrises. I enjoyed the background where the story was set.
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