{"product_id":"the-beach-at-port-orange-joseph-brasher-9798249278601","title":"The Beach at Port Orange","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA coming-of-age summer novel about class, freedom, and the courage to choose your own life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1963, the beach belongs to two different worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery morning before sunrise, Peter Crawford rakes the shoreline clean of what the tide leaves behind. By noon, families from Club Orange arrive and pretend the sand was always perfect. Peter knows his place - invisible, necessary, and never invited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJenny Bealman has lived her whole life inside careful expectations. Perfect posture. Perfect friends. Perfect future. But perfection feels more like a cage than a promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a chance encounter pulls them into conversation, the lines separating their worlds begin to blur.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLate-night walks. Quiet rebellions. A lighthouse no one talks about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Port Orange has rules - and people willing to enforce them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs friendships deepen and tensions rise, Peter and Jenny must decide whether freedom is worth the cost of losing everything they've ever known... and whether love can survive in a town determined to keep them apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the warmth of a Florida summer, \u003ci\u003eThe Beach at Port Orange\u003c\/i\u003e is a nostalgic coming-of-age story about identity, courage, family expectations, and the risk of becoming who you really are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eemotional slow-burn romance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003esmall-town drama\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e1960s nostalgia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003echaracter-driven literary fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome summers change everything.\u003cbr\u003eThis one changes who they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Brasher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249278601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51d","brand":"Joseph Brasher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453280104703,"sku":"9798249278601","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c7fdab9-c7f8-44db-8774-27ea940863d8.jpg?v=1777299293","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-beach-at-port-orange-joseph-brasher-9798249278601","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}