Description for Sea Glass
paperback. Clean copy.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349115184
SKU
KRS0020187
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About 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.
Reviews for Sea Glass
'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 ... Read more