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English
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In the summer of 1951, Miranda Schuyler arrives on elite, secretive Winthrop Island as a schoolgirl from the margins of high society, still reeling from the loss of her father in the Second World War. When her beautiful mother marries Hugh Fisher, whose summer house on Winthrop overlooks the famous lighthouse, Miranda's catapulted into a heady new world of pedigrees and cocktails, status and swimming pools. Isobel Fisher, Miranda's new stepsister--all...
Author
Publisher
Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo Staroho Leva
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Ukrainian
Description
"Off the coast of Maine, Ruth Thomas is born into a feud fought for generations by two groups of local lobstermen over fishing rights for the waters that lie between their respective islands. At eighteen, she has returned from boarding school-smart as a whip, feisty, and irredeemably unromantic—determined to throw over her education and join the "stern men" working the lobster boats. Gilbert utterly captures the American spirit through an unforgettable...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbdridge
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"At 102-years-old, Virginia Oliver, or "The Lobster Lady," is the oldest person hauling lobster in Maine and possibly the world ; and she still remembers life as a little girl--working along the rocky coast, enjoying time well spent with family."--
4) Trespasser
Author
Series
Mike Bowditch novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
Stumbling on a case that suggests that a man convicted of murder seven years earlier may have been framed, game warden Mike Bowditch ignores warnings by local authorities and risks his relationship with his girlfriend to conduct a secret investigation.
Author
Series
Prince Edward Island shores volume 1
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Meg's father decides to sell his Prince Edward Island lobster fishing business to her high school nemesis Oliver, she sets out to prove she should inherit it instead. But there is more than just a fleet on the line--her heart is, too"--
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