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Book SynopsisA young and successful journalist working in New York, Maureen English appears to have the perfect life and family. But Maureen''s husband, a highly respected fellow reporter, has in private a tendency towards alcohol and violent abuse. When the situation at home becomes intolerable, Maureen takes her baby daughter and flees. In a Maine fishing town she assumes a new identity and spends six weeks battling sub-zero temperatures, the intrusive glare of the townsfolk -- and her fears of discovery.
Against the force of the wintry sea -- the cawing of the gulls, the lobstermen hauling their catch, the press of waves against the rocks -- Maureen settles into the rhythms of a new life. Two married men pursue her, and one captures her heart. But this calming respite ends suddenly, leaving in its wake a murder, a rape charge, a suicide and a helpless child.
Nearly nineteen years later, a cache of documents regarding Maureen English -- abused, accused and imprisoned -- are given to her
Trade Review
Superbly rendered . . . touching and troubling . . . a subtle and searing book * COSMOPOLITAN *
Anita Shreve's chilling, hightly plausible novel moved me to tears * Val Hennessey, DAILY MAIL *
