Cousins Beach is a location, as well as the main setting, in The Summer I Turned Pretty series. It's where Susannah's summer house resides at and where her best friend Laurel and her children Belly and Steven regularly visit her at during their summer vacation. Belly always treasured her time there as it felt like "home" to her.
Throughout Series
Season One
The Conklin-Park family arrives at Cousins Beach to spend their summer with the Fisher family in their beach house. Laurel's newest book is debuting at Whale of a Tale, the local book store, and Susannah is helping her organize the launch party. Meanwhile, Steven, Conrad, Jeremiah, and Belly attend a bonfire on the beach, where Conrad gets into a fight. The cops arrive and break up the party, though the kids are taken home by the police, but let off with a warning because of the Fisher family name.[1]
Map
Locations
Beach Houses
- Beck's Beach House
- Burke House
Businesses
- Country Club (Private business)
- Pelican Pub
- The Sandpiper
- Scoops
- Whale of a Tale
Book Comparisons
Trivia
- Many fans have wondered if it is a real place. However, Jenny Han confirmed on her website that it is not a real beach, but it is instead a combination based on several different places. The locations that it is inspired by are Cape Cod, the Hamptons and "just a splash of the Outer Banks".