Up-island harbor [LP]
"The quaint, historic fishing village of Menemsha is a side of Martha's Vineyard that tourists don't always see. Maddie Clarke's late mother was born on the Vineyard, and Maddie hazily recalls childhood visits to her Grandma Nancy's cottage above Menemsha Harbor. Now divorced with a teenage son, Mad...
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| Format: | Books Print Book Large Print |
| Language: | English |
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[Waterville, Maine] :
Thorndike Press,
2024.
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| Edition: | Large print edition. |
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| Summary: | "The quaint, historic fishing village of Menemsha is a side of Martha's Vineyard that tourists don't always see. Maddie Clarke's late mother was born on the Vineyard, and Maddie hazily recalls childhood visits to her Grandma Nancy's cottage above Menemsha Harbor. Now divorced with a teenage son, Maddie is awaiting news of a tenureship at her Massachusetts college when a letter arrives that could change everything . . . It turns out Grandma Nancy didn't die long ago, as Maddie believed. In fact, Nancy just passed away at 89-and left Maddie her grey-shingled cottage. Maddie intends her visit to Martha's Vineyard to be a brief one, just long enough to settle the estate and sell the cottage. But on arriving in Menemsha, she finds far more than memories . . . There are other family secrets waiting to be uncovered, and a Native American heritage Maddie knew nothing about. Most surprising of all, there is the glimmer of a very different future-a chance to connect with her people and find herself, and perhaps find love, on this beautiful, celebrated island "-- |
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| Physical Description: | 479 pages (large print) ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9798885799041 |
| Author Notes: | Jean Stone is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has published books and articles on gardens, their design and the natural landscape. She has won awards for her garden design and has exhibited her work at RHS Chelsea Flower Show. She is an author who writes about the types of challenges in life that are faced by "everyday" women--showing how they turn their struggles into wisdom in order to overcome obstacles.Her first novel, Sins of Innocence, was published in 1994 and hit the best- seller list. Her latest series takes place on Martha's Vineyard: the first titles are A Vineyard Christmas and A Vineyard Summer. (Bowker Author Biography) |
