About this title: This comic novel is about two factions of lobersterman who fish off the coast of Maine. Young Ruth Thomas, home for the summer from boarding school, is the fierce champion of the Fort Niles men; she is determined to prevent the wealthy Ellises, who control the Courne Haven faction, from gaining power. Then--as happens in all classic feud stories- ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 2000-05-22
ISBN-13:9780395836224ISBN:0395836220
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. No tears or chips to the DJ, interior clean and bright, binding tight, a wonderful copy throughout. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780395836224ISBN:0395836220
Description: Very Good. Owner inscription written on first page Some cover wear, pages great, binding tight pages nice, minimal wear on cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780395836224ISBN:0395836220
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Fair. Purchasing this item supports Pierce County libraries. Thriftbooks and PCL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Fair. Purchasing this item supports Pierce County libraries. Thriftbooks and PCL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket not necessarily included minimal wear to binding, majority of pages undamaged, minimal to no highlighting/underlining of text, no missing p. read more
"I had tickets to hear Elizabeth Gilbert talk about the process of writing so I was eager to read something she'd written before she found Eat, Pray, Love fame. This novel about a small lobster community is smart and has a great 18 year old protagonist who is far brighter than her years. If you want to know what it's like to live on a small island surrounded by lobster fishermen & their sternman assistants who cuss, drink and fight while raising a family as seen through the eyes of a wise beyond her years teen, this is a fun read.
And quite different from love on the beaches of Bali."
"Not that interested. Characters were numerous, and I had a hard time keeping up with them all. I kept referring back to the prologue to remember how they all tied in, or what their baggage was. Ultimately, I didn't like her writing style either-- it felt crammed, rushed and erratic. Gave up on page 59, and I usually give it a good 100 pages before making a decision. But too many other interesting things to read."
"This is really a 2.5. I can only relate it to eating sunflowers.....a whole lot of work for very little pleasure. True to lobster men vocab the conversations are liberally seasoned with the mother of all words. So I became quite efficient at reading over them as well as the lords name in vain. ugh.... I hate that. The story is "artistically" choppy. The stories of the islanders are intertwined and then smooshed together to give you an "inside" look into their complex (or simple) lives. By the description I was expecting a beautiful and well written love story. 3/4 of the way through the story she jumps a brow beaten young man she vaguely knows (in great detail I might add, blech!) and gets knocked up. Is this what passes as true love? The only reason I gave it an extra half is because I loved the prologue. I should have jut skipped the book and read the ending......who knew?
Unimportant side note: I enjoyed Cathrine Gilbert Murdock's (author's sister) writing style more."
"This is what has turned out to be the best outcome of my quitting work-in order to convince myslef I am saving money on bookis (and I am) I now haunt remainder shelves and (highly recommended) Daedalus Books in Columbia. And I find gems I would not have notice in the megamart or found on Amazon, since I would not have know to look. This one of those books. It has some flaws, and if I could have given it a 4.5 I would have, but I loved it. Mildly funny, poignant and charming, it reminded me both of books by Michael Malone and oddly enough, some of the non_On the Beach books by Neville Shute. Try it, you'll like it. This is by the author of Eat, Pray, Love."
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