Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea: A Novel
“An authentic page turner…. Rogers [vividly] captures this era of Elvis records and small-town Maine fishing life.” —Down EastIn 1963, twelve-year-old Florine Gilham enjoys an idyllic childhood in small-town Maine—until her beloved mother vanishes. Untethered and adrift in the wake of her...
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“An authentic page turner…. Rogers [vividly] captures this era of Elvis records and small-town Maine fishing life.” —Down EastIn 1963, twelve-year-old Florine Gilham enjoys an idyllic childhood in small-town Maine—until her beloved mother vanishes. Untethered and adrift in the wake of her disappearance, Florine finds her once-cherished joys—watching her father’s lobster boat come into port, baking bread with her grandmother, and causing mischief with the summer folk—suddenly ring hollow. When a figure from her father’s past comes calling, Florine must find the courage to lay down roots of her own. Set against the gorgeous backdrop of the Maine coast, Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea is an extraordinary snapshot of a bygone America as seen through the eyes of an iconic New England girl.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780452298637 (0452298636)
ASIN: 0452298636
Publish date: 2013-05-28
Publisher: Plume
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
To me this book was everything the blurbs said it would be and I loved it. This book drew me in and drew so much emotion out of me that I was touched by this book. Florine was such a compelling character who finds herself having to deal with so much grief. I feel like anyone that has lost someone cl...