女主人公南是一個六十五歲的寡婦，丈夫已經去世二十年瞭。她住在美國楠塔基特島上的一幢海濱峭壁邊的房子裏，年青時她是一個奇怪任性而勇敢無畏的美麗女人，當地的人都認識她。因為投資失誤，她麵臨破産，將不得不賣得她心愛的房子。但是她改變瞭主意，決定將自己的房子齣租，作為夏季避暑的彆墅。於是這座曾經寂寞的房子再次喧囂起來，很快來瞭三個房客：達芙，因為丈夫有瞭第三者後痛苦地離瞭婚，成為苦苦掙紮的單身母親；達尼埃爾，有兩個女兒的父親，心中藏著一個壓抑已久的秘密，原來他是一個同性戀者；最後來的是麥剋，他是南的兒子，他帶著一顆破碎的心迴到瞭久彆的傢中。南是聰明的，而且她有一種直覺，她能本能地理解租客的需要和欲望；最後通過幫助瞭他們，她自己也得到瞭滿足，她的生活重新充滿瞭歡笑和愛。南和這些房客最後有瞭新的感悟：必須勇敢地和過去告彆，纔會真正開始一段令人興奮的新生活……

《海邊的療傷小屋》是誠實和溫暖和私密的，但是它所描述的歡樂和痛苦都是真實生活的一部分：背叛和不忠，如此等等。每個角色都在自我發現的旅行中，格林讓她的人物學會寬容、接納自己和他人，她說生活始終有驚喜和你最意料不到的愛。

The "New York Times" bestseller and ultimate beach read from the author of "Second Chance" Nan Powell is a free-spirited, sixty-five-year-old widow who's not above skinny-dipping in her neighbors' pools when they're away and who dearly loves her Nantucket home. But when she discovers that the money she thought would last forever is dwindling, she realizes she must make drastic changes to save her beloved house. So Nan takes out an ad: "Rooms to rent for the summer in a beautiful old Nantucket home with water views and direct access to the beach." Slowly people start moving in to the house, filling it with noise, laughter, and with tears. As the house comes alive again, Nan finds her family and friends expanding. Her son comes home for the summer, and then an unexpected visitor turns all their lives upside down. As she did so masterfully in her "New York Times" bestseller "Second Chance," Jane Green once again proves herself one of the preeminent writers of contemporary women's fiction.