A seventyish widow who owns a wooden yacht and rents out a shared room to a typically emotional seventeen-year-old with family issues, and a young, recently widowed archaeologist who is running from her husband's possible suicide and his family.
Being from New England, I enjoyed the setting of this story, as Portsmouth, New Hampshire is a town we visited often. The descriptions ring true not only of the town, but of the women who are well-written even though the author is a man. There's a lot going on for a short book with each woman having her demons in hot pursuit. Guilt at infidelity, abortion, unwed pregnancy, a lawsuit, and then severe health issues that threaten their home, their lives. They try escaping on the boat to Newfoundland but eventually have to return and face up to themselves so they can get on with their lives.
What's to like about the book? Everything. An archaeology dig in town, 3 women on the ocean trip north, the relationships that mature with genuine liking for each other, the need to help each other.
Being from New England, I enjoyed the setting of this story, as Portsmouth, New Hampshire is a town we visited often. The descriptions ring true not only of the town, but of the women who are well-written even though the author is a man. There's a lot going on for a short book with each woman having her demons in hot pursuit. Guilt at infidelity, abortion, unwed pregnancy, a lawsuit, and then severe health issues that threaten their home, their lives. They try escaping on the boat to Newfoundland but eventually have to return and face up to themselves so they can get on with their lives.
What's to like about the book? Everything. An archaeology dig in town, 3 women on the ocean trip north, the relationships that mature with genuine liking for each other, the need to help each other.
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