Book review: Take a trip to 'Vacationland' for a beach-read family drama
Don't read this the wrong way, but "Vacationland" is a Lifetime movie on the page. There's the college professor from Brooklyn whose marriage is teetering, three precocious kids, a gorgeous summer home on the coast of Maine, even a dog named Otis. Throw in a grieving love child, a patriarch with Alzheimer's, and a first kiss for one of the three kids, and the recipe is there for a breezy summer read.