As usual, Shreve s powerful storytelling pulls you in like a rip tide - MARIE CLAIRERelationships in all their guises are Shreve s thing; she fascinated by what binds us together and flings us apart . . . Like all Shreve s novels, BODY SURFING examines not only the creation but the breakdown of numerous relationships in their different forms . . . This is undoubtedly one of Shreve s finest works yet GLAMOUR More heart-wrenching from the queen of the emotional rollercoaster - DAILY MIRRORShreve writes about emotional dramas and she writes about them well . . . [she has] a talent for intense and catastrophic moments . . . If you have to brand something as the perfect beach or comfort read, then this would be it - EVENING STANDARDBecause it s Anita Shreve you know there will be emotional upheavals, shifts of loyalty and painful revelations about the past before the book is over, and so it proves - the Shreve hallmarks are all over this warm, satisfying novel - THE TIMESShreve stipples her prose with detail, portraying one woman s sense of dislocation with perspicacity and great compassion - DAILY MAILNobody does emotional intensity quite like Anita Shreve, as this beautifully written story of destructive relationships proves - BELLAIntricately crafted . . . Shreve s depiction of how the tensions that simmer below the surface of this family eventually burst to the surface is gut-wrenching, and - as you would be entitled to expect from this master of the human drama - utterly gripping - SUNDAY BUSINESS POSTShreve evokes the feel and sensation of an exclusive summer beach house and the family that owns it . . . [This book] won t let you go until you ve reached the last page - SUNDAY TRIBUNE