Octavo. 305 pages. White boards with blue quarter-cloth. Silver spine text. Author's initials stamped on front board. Appears unread. Very slight wear to corners of jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea

Publisher

Viking Press

Publication Date

2012

Language

English

ISBN 10

067002340X

ISBN 13

9780670023400

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First edition.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

near fine

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literature

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Synopsis

A captivating debut, introducing a spirited young heroine coming of age in coastal Maine during the early 1960s.

When her mother disappears during a weekend trip, Florine Gilham's idyllic childhood is turned upside down. Until then she'd been blissfully insulated by the rhythms of family life in small town Maine: watching from the granite cliffs above the sea for her father's lobster boat to come into port, making bread with her grandmother, and infiltrating the summer tourist camps with her friends. But with her mother gone, the heart falls out of Florine's life and she and her father are isolated as they struggle to manage their loss.

Both sustained and challenged by the advice and expectations of her family and neighbors, Florine grows up with her spirit intact. And when her father's past comes to call, she must accept that life won't ever be the same while keeping her mother vivid in her memories. With Fannie Flagg's humor and Elizabeth Stroud's sense of place, this debut is an extraordinary snapshot of a bygone America through the eyes of an inspiring girl blazing her own path to womanhood.

About the Author

Morgan Callan Rogers is a native Mainer who grew up in the shipbuilding city of Bath and splits her time between coastal Maine and South Dakota. This is her first novel.

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Elk River Books is a partnership between poet Marc Beaudin and journalist Andrea Peacock. We opened our doors in 2011, and moved to our current location in 2021. We offer affordable, high quality books, journals, maps, note cards (many by local artists) and other literary gifts. The store specializes in collectible outdoor literature, books by regional authors and the Montana Gang, visual and literary arts, and western history.

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