A Beautiful Island in New England.
A Time of Healing for Three Women.
A Moment of Destiny for One Man.
From Michael Hurley, winner of the Somerset Prize, comes a tale of old money, young passion, and ancient mystery.
Ten years after their college days together, three wounded and very different women reunite for a summer on the island of Martha's Vineyard. As they come to grips with the challenges and crises in their lives, their encounter with a reclusive poacher known only as "the fisherman" threatens to change everything they believe about their world--and each other.
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Book Excerpt from Chapter 10
My Review:
This is one of those books that you will want to read more than once. I was so wrapped up in the characters and the author's ability to make them so involved. The characters were flawed and dealt with real life issues. As their secrets started to be told, and the women got closer to the fisherman, I wondered what would happen next. There is a lot to be said about a book that reminds me of people I know, and places I have been. This book does both. There is also The Fisherman was was interesting and I was definitely drawn to his character and why he was a recluse. His relationship with these women will change their lives forever, the fun part is how? I have read other books by this author, and I am always satisfied. I am giving this book a 4/5. I received this book to review through Beck Valley Books Book Tours, all the opinions above are 100% my own.
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Book Excerpt from Chapter 10
Despite the tumultuous beginning of the season and the clouds in Dory’s future, June in Edgartown was as bright as ever, and the three friends took advantage of every minute of it. There were walks down Main Street on sunny afternoons carrying giant, round mounds of mint-chocolate-chip ice cream, teetering three-high and dribbling down onto sticky fingers before it was licked gone. There were steamed little neck clams with butter sauce and fresh horseradish, served with gin and tonics on the porch of The Crew House, overlooking the harbor, and the good-looking, Italian waiter who worked there. It became Turner’s mission to see how many times she could get him to use the word “Tanqueray” in a sentence, because she liked the way he said it. There were lazy hours lying on the beach by the lighthouse and meandering hunts for the perfect cockleshell, and double-dog dares to go skinny-dipping after dark that always descended into fully-clothed refusals, recriminations, and false accusations of prudery—the truth, however, being that none of them was eager to expose great white bellies bursting with clams and Tanqueray and mint-chocolate-chip ice cream.
About the Author
Michael Hurley and his wife Susan live near Charleston, South Carolina. Born in Baltimore in 1958, he studied English at the University of Maryland and law at St. Louis University. Michael's first book, Letters from the Woods, was a collection of essays, self-published in 2005, based on wilderness canoeing expeditions with his children. It was selected as a finalist in the Nature category for ForeWord magazine's Book of the Year award. In 2013 Hachette Book Group published his memoir, Once Upon A Gypsy Moon, under their Center Street imprint. The Prodigal is his first novel.
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My Review:
This is one of those books that you will want to read more than once. I was so wrapped up in the characters and the author's ability to make them so involved. The characters were flawed and dealt with real life issues. As their secrets started to be told, and the women got closer to the fisherman, I wondered what would happen next. There is a lot to be said about a book that reminds me of people I know, and places I have been. This book does both. There is also The Fisherman was was interesting and I was definitely drawn to his character and why he was a recluse. His relationship with these women will change their lives forever, the fun part is how? I have read other books by this author, and I am always satisfied. I am giving this book a 4/5. I received this book to review through Beck Valley Books Book Tours, all the opinions above are 100% my own.
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I'm reading this one right now and loving it so far, especially Charlotte.
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