Sea Glass by Anita Shreve

Sea Glass by Anita Shreve

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 labour conflict is erupting into violence. Shaken by forces they scarcely understand, Honora and Sexton try to build a marriage and 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.

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 HOME *
A finely written story of human beings pushed to the edge * SUNDAY MIRROR *
When violence erupts, the ensuing tragedy is all the more heartbreaking when described with Shreve's polished restraint * DAILY MAIL *

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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ISBN 13	9780349115177
ISBN 10	0349115176
Title	Sea Glass
Author	Anita Shreve
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2002-11-21
Number of pages	368
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.