Shreve: Sea Glass
November 21st, 2008 by editor
Shreve: Sea Glass
It is a house on the beach. Honora doesn’t mind renting–despite its age and all its flaws, the old house is the perfect place for a new marriage. She and Sexton throw themselves into fixing it up, just as they throw themselves into their new life together. Each morning, Honora collects sea glass washed up on the shore, each piece carrying a different story in its muted hues.
Sexton finds a way to buy the house, but his timing is perfectly wrong. The economy takes a sickening crash, and as financial pressures mount, Honora begins to see how little she knows this man she has married–and to realize just how threatening the world outside her front door can be.
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Have read all of this writer’s books and enjoyed every one. This book was a glimpse into a very dark economic time and the way people had to be creative in surviving. It was happy and sad and a very enjoyable read.The realtionships are interesting and the development of them a bit harrowing at times, I was rooting for Honora to be more independent, and she did not disappoint me!