The author shares her own personal experience of starting over in a small coastal town. Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan follows a woman who is recovering from a toxic relationship and seeks a fresh start in a seaside resort in Cornwall. The book explores themes such as addiction, grief, love, and loss. Other notable examples include August and Everything After by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski, a beautifully written book about a troubled teenager who escapes to her aunt's house on the Jersey shore, seeking a new start. In other books, Beach Read by Emily Henry follows two writers, January Andrews and Augustus Everett, who both write in the same coastal town as they attempt to break their writer's block.