At this point, Nina is still the main caretaker of her siblings and the owner of her mom’s family’s restaurant. The book takes place about seven years later when Nina is separated from her husband, working as a surfing model and living in a gorgeous Malibu house near where she and her siblings grew up. Over time, though, she started to suffer from alcoholism and when Nina was 17, she passed away. After Mick leaves the family not once, but twice, June was left to raise Nina and her three younger siblings on her own. June was the heir to a beachside seafood restaurant and Mick was rising in stardom as a singer when Nina was born. But read more, you realize how detrimental Nina’s parents’ actions were to her life as a young adult. That summary of her life makes it seem perfect, and so does the beginning of the book. In “Malibu Rising,” readers meet Nina Riva, a surfer and model who lives in a beautiful house in Malibu, California. Caption: “Malibu Rising” is a New York Times bestseller by Taylor Jenkins Reid, also the author of “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” and “Daisy Jones and the Six.” REESE’SBOOKCLUB/COURTESYĪre you in a happy, healthy relationship with a significant other? Are you getting along with all of your friends, siblings and parents? Are you looking to spice up your perfectly normal life with a little drama just for entertainment’s sake? Then you need to read “Malibu Rising,” a New York Times bestseller by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
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