Sea Glass
$34.81
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
3 February 2003
Summary
The year is 1929, and Honora Beecher and her husband, Sexton, are just settling into a new marriage and a cottage on the coast of New Hampshire. While Honora fixes up the derelict house and searches for bits of sea glass on the beach, Sexton risks everything they own to buy the house they both love. Along with millions of other Americans, he is blindsided by the stock market crash and finds himself penniless. The only work he can find is at a nearby mill, where a labor conflict is erupting in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349115177 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349115176 |
| Author: | Anita Shreve |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 3 February 2003 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 131mm x 24mm |
| Series: | The Fortune's Rocks Quartet Ser. |
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When violence erupts, the ensuing tragedy is all the more heartbreaking when described with Shreve’s polished restraint
A beautifully visualised novel of emotional discovery - SUNDAY TIMES
Shreve skilfully unfolds her story of interlinking lives, displaying an intimate knowledge of the workings of the human heart - WOMAN AND HOMEA finely written story of human beings pushed to the edge - SUNDAY MIRRORWhen violence erupts, the ensuing tragedy is all the more heartbreaking when described with Shreve’s polished restraint - DAILY MAILAbout The Author
Anita Shreve
Anita Shreve is the author of the international bestseller THE PILOT’S WIFE, which was a selection of Oprah’s Book Club, and acclaimed novels such as THE WEIGHT OF WATER, which was a finalist for the prestigious Orange Prize.
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