The Cottage at Glass Beach - Softcover

Barbieri, Heather

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062128493 ISBN 13: 9780062128492

Publisher: Harper Large Print, 2012

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2012. Pages: 400 in Publisher: HarperLuxe Married to the youngest attorney general in Massachusetts state history. Nora Cunningham. is a picture-perfect political wife and mother. But her carefully constructed life falls to pieces the when she. Along with the rest of the world. learns of her husband's infidelity. Humiliated. Nora packs up her young daughters and takes refuge on Burke's Island. off the coast of Maine. Nora spent her first five years on the island but has not been back for decades - not since that long ago summer when her mother disappeared at sea. One night while sitting alone on Glass Beach below the cottage where she spent her childhood. Nora succumbs to grief. her tears flowing into the ocean. Days later she finds a fisherman . Owen Kavanagh. shipwrecked on the rocks nearby. Is he. as her aunt's friend Polly suggests. a selkie-a mythic...

About this title

Product Description:

Heather Barbieri follows her acclaimed Gaelic-tinged drama The Lace Makers of Glenmara with the resonant tale of a woman who, in the wake of scandal, flees to a remote Maine island to reconnect with her past--and to come to terms with the childhood tragedy that has haunted her for a lifetime.

Set on the rugged New England coast, Barbieri's The Cottage at Glass Beach strikes the perfect balance between high lit and mainstream women's fiction, infusing a potent and unforgettable love story with unforgettable characters that will remain with you long after the final chapter. Richly evocative, Barbieri's narrative of intimacy, struggle, and redemption will call out to readers of Joanne Harris, Alice Hoffman, and other modern masters of drama.

Review:

"The Lace Makers of Glenmara is a charming, moving story, written with a delicate touch."--Joanne Harris, author of "Chocolat" and "The Girl with No Shadow", on "The Lace Makers of Glenmara"

"Heather Barbieri's The Cottage at Glass Beach is a moving, heartfelt story told with vivid description. Open the book and listen--you'll hear the waves crashing onto the shore."--Sarah Jio, author of "The Bungalow" and "The Violets of March"

"This mystical new novel is a must read for fans of Sarah Addison Allen's 'Garden Spells.'"--Tara Quinn, "Cleveland Plain Dealer"

""The Lace Makers of Glenmara" is a charming, moving story, written with a delicate touch."--Joanne Harris, author of "Chocolat" and "The Girl with No Shadow", on "The Lace Makers of Glenmara"

"Heather Barbieri's "The Cottage at Glass Beach" is a moving, heartfelt story told with vivid description. Open the book and listen--you'll hear the waves crashing onto the shore."--Sarah Jio, author of "The Bungalow" and "The Violets of March"

"A must read for fans of Sarah Addison Allen's 'Garden Spells.'"--Tara Quinn, "Cleveland Plain Dealer"

A must read for fans of Sarah Addison Allen s Garden Spells. --Tara Quinn, "Cleveland Plain Dealer""

Strikes the perfect balance between high lit and mainstream women s fiction, infusing a potent and unforgettable love story with unforgettable characters that will remain with you long after the final chapter....[Barbieri s narrative] will call out to readers of Joanne Harris, Alice Hoffman, and other modern masters of drama. --"Bookreporter.com""

The Cottage at Glass Beach, an enchanting novel about mothers and daughters on an isolated island, is a romantic, delicious read. Barbieri s beautiful writing and beguiling world view revel in the realities and the mysteries of the sea and of life itself. --Nancy Thayer, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Heat Wave""

Barbieri does such a wonderful job setting up the beauty and mystery of the island and its rich Gaelic roots that it is not a stretch to ask the reader to imagine that the place is also magical. A wonderful, subtle, transporting story. --Susan Maguire, "Booklist, starred review""

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Large Print
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062128493
• ISBN 13: 9780062128492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400