Storm Tide (The Tide Trilogy) - Softcover

Ogilvie, Elisabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608934888 ISBN 13: 9781608934881

Publisher: Down East Books, 2015

Synopsis

At long last Joanna Bennett is returning to her family’s island, the childhood home that her heart has yearned for ever since she was forced to the mainland by catastrophe. At her side stands Nils Sorensen, her oldest friend, stalwart admirer, and new husband. Together they will restore Bennett’s Island to its former glory: enticing former residents and other hardworking mainlanders to join their small community, repairing damaged buildings pummeled by the elements during five years of abandonment, and reclaiming the lobstering territory that was once the sole province of islanders but has been overrun by the nearby Brigporters.

All the while, Joanna and Nils are setting the foundation of their future, one that will surely be stormy if Joanna tries to apply the rules of her previous marriage to her relationship with Nils. Joanna Bennett will always be a strong and fiercely independent woman, but without learning to trust and be vulnerable in her marriage, she will find herself proud and alone.

This story, the second book in Elisabeth Ogilvie’s beloved Tide Trilogy, transports readers to the beautiful and rugged Maine coast, where families must eke their livelihoods from the tempestuous ocean but in return they’re afforded the daily splendor and simple pleasures of island life.

About this title

About the Author:

Elisabeth Ogilvie wrote 46 books including The Seasons Hereafter, Strawberries in the Sea and her memoir My World is an Island. In 1947 she won the New England Women’s Press Association award for Storm Tide. Ogilvie grew up in the greater Boston area, but lived in Maine from 1944 until her death in 2006 and remains one of Maine’s best loved writers.

Review:

If you have ever known and loved any corner of Maine’s coast, Elisabeth Ogilvie’s Storm Tide will take you back there quicker than the old Bangor boat ever did...Elisabeth Ogilvie has a talent for getting her places—and her people—on paper that a painter might well envy. (Boston Globe)

The solving of Joanna’s domestic problem and that of the island’s future makes a delightful and refreshing story. (Los Angeles Times)

About this edition

• Publisher: Down East Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1608934888
• ISBN 13: 9781608934881
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368