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2004 Nominated

Sea Glass

Anita Shreve

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

New Hampshire, 1929 – when Sexton Beecher proposes to Honorary Willard, she lays aside his flaws as one might overlook a small stain in a beautifully embroidered tablecloth. But as the couple begin their new life in the house at Fortune’s Rocks, their love is about to be tested to the limit. For the Wall Street Crash has as little time for dreams as it has for the mill workers at nearly Ely Falls, readying for strike whatever the consequences…

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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Anita
Shreve

Anita Shreve was a high school teacher and a freelance magazine journalist before writing fiction full time. She was the author of over fifteen novels including The Stars Are Fire as well as the international bestseller The Pilot’s Wife, and The Weight of the Water, a finalist for the Orange Prize. Shreve taught writing at Amherst College and lived in Massachusetts.

Anita Shreve was a high school teacher and a freelance magazine journalist before writing fiction full time. She was the author of over fifteen novels including The Stars Are Fire as well as the international bestseller The Pilot’s Wife, and The Weight of the Water, a finalist for the Orange Prize. Shreve taught writing at Amherst College and lived in Massachusetts.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United States
Original Language
English
Author
Anita Shreve
Publisher
Little Brown
Nominating Library
Birmingham Libraries - England

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