The Silver Boat: A Novel - Hardcover

Rice, Luanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670022500 ISBN 13: 9780670022502

Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books, 2011

Synopsis

Returning for a final visit to the Martha's Vineyard beach house where they were most happy in childhood, three far-flung sisters struggle with poignant family memories and discover astonishing truths in a cache of old letters that compels a journey to their ancestral Ireland. (This title is being re-listed in Forecast.) 100,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

Praise for THE SILVER BOAT:

"Will strike a chord in every mother, daughter, or sister." --"Marie Claire"

"Popular Rice, in her mellifluous style, captures the essence of family and sisterhood as each character deals with love and loss." --"Booklist"

"Rice's writing effortlessly conveys the way family can bind as well as buoy us, reminding us that when the sea of life gets too choppy, by setting our prows toward the places that made us, we will find a safe harbor. Another winner from one of America's most beloved authors." --"BookPage"

"Rice enriches familiar themes of family, failure, redemption, and romance with a watercolor-lovely portrait of Martha's Vineyard and sketches of the tug-of-war between sea and sand, rich and poor, development and preservation characteristic of the island." --"Publishers Weekly"

"Compelling . . . a satisfying and worthwhile ride." --"Library Journal"

Praise for THE SILVER BOAT:
"Will strike a chord in every mother, daughter, or sister."

--"Marie Claire"
"Popular Rice, in her mellifluous style, captures the essence of family and sisterhood as each character deals with love and loss."

--"Booklist"
"Rice's writing effortlessly conveys the way family can bind as well as buoy us, reminding us that when the sea of life gets too choppy, by setting our prows toward the places that made us, we will find a safe harbor. Another winner from one of America's most beloved authors."

--"BookPage"
"Rice enriches familiar themes of family, failure, redemption, and romance with a watercolor-lovely portrait of Martha's Vineyard and sketches of the tug-of-war between sea and sand, rich and poor, development and preservation characteristic of the island."

--"Publishers Weekly"
"Compelling . . . a satisfying and worthwhile ride."

--"Library Journal"

Praise for THE SILVER BOAT:
Will strike a chord in every mother, daughter, or sister.

Marie Claire
Popular Rice, in her mellifluous style, captures the essence of family and sisterhood as each character deals with love and loss.

Booklist
Rice s writing effortlessly conveys the way family can bind as well as buoy us, reminding us that when the sea of life gets too choppy, by setting our prows toward the places that made us, we will find a safe harbor. Another winner from one of America s most beloved authors.

BookPage
Rice enriches familiar themes of family, failure, redemption, and romance with a watercolor-lovely portrait of Martha's Vineyard and sketches of the tug-of-war between sea and sand, rich and poor, development and preservation characteristic of the island.

Publishers Weekly
Compelling . . . a satisfying and worthwhile ride.

Library Journal

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Praise for THE SILVER BOAT:
"Will strike a chord in every mother, daughter, or sister."

--Marie Claire
"Popular Rice, in her mellifluous style, captures the essence of family and sisterhood as each character deals with love and loss."

--Booklist
"Rice's writing effortlessly conveys the way family can bind as well as buoy us, reminding us that when the sea of life gets too choppy, by setting our prows toward the places that made us, we will find a safe harbor. Another winner from one of America's most beloved authors."

--BookPage
"Rice enriches familiar themes of family, failure, redemption, and romance with a watercolor-lovely portrait of Martha's Vineyard and sketches of the tug-of-war between sea and sand, rich and poor, development and preservation characteristic of the island."

--Publishers Weekly
"Compelling . . . a satisfying and worthwhile ride."

--Library Journal

Praise for THE SILVER BOAT:

"Will strike a chord in every mother, daughter, or sister."

--Marie Claire

"Popular Rice, in her mellifluous style, captures the essence of family and sisterhood as each character deals with love and loss."

--Booklist

"Rice's writing effortlessly conveys the way family can bind as well as buoy us, reminding us that when the sea of life gets too choppy, by setting our prows toward the places that made us, we will find a safe harbor. Another winner from one of America's most beloved authors."

--BookPage

"Rice enriches familiar themes of family, failure, redemption, and romance with a watercolor-lovely portrait of Martha's Vineyard and sketches of the tug-of-war between sea and sand, rich and poor, development and preservation characteristic of the island."

--Publishers Weekly

"Compelling . . . a satisfying and worthwhile ride."

--Library Journal

About the Author:

Luanne Rice is the author of twenty-six novels.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0670022500
• ISBN 13: 9780670022502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 289