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Other Versions of this Book: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged)
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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 in a nearby mill, where a labor conflict is erupting into violence. Shaken by forces they scarcely understand, Honora and Sexton try to build a marriage and a home while overwhelmed by passions of every kind.
Writing with the power and immediacy that have made her novels bestsellers, Shreve unfolds interlocking lives, each with its own share of love, loss, and challenge. This is another gripping and unforgettable story of the human heart from one of the most accomplished novelists of our time.
Writing with the power and immediacy that have made her novels bestsellers, Shreve unfolds interlocking lives, each with its own share of love, loss, and challenge. This is another gripping and unforgettable story of the human heart from one of the most accomplished novelists of our time.
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I enjoyed this book, my only book I have read by this author. Had heard her speak live at a event hosted by specialty book store and enjoyed hearing her talk about having written this book.
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Interesting story about the late 1920s in and around a mill town. The story is told from multiple points of view. The chapters are short, so it is great if you can't read long stretches at a time. (I read a chapter or two during my toddler's bath time.)
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I think this is one of Shreve's best books. The main character, Honora, is so likable...and the boy Alphonse, whom she bonds with, helps develop this story even more. I highly recommend it! -Mirah W.
Zoe Lee
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I loved this book so much, Shreve is an amazing author!
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I enjoyed this book. I usually don't like historical fiction but I found this interesting and well-written. The characters are all very enjoyable as well.
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A story about how much we know--or don't know--important people in our lives.
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Honora loves the run-down beach house she and her new husband rent and fix up. Then Sexton buys the house-at the wrong time, as the economy plunges. As the pressure mounts, Honora realizes she doesn't know her new husband as well as she thought.
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