Very good book....it sometimes takes a bit to get into the rhythm in which Anita Shreve has written this story but well worth the effort. This book slips back and forth linking a story that happened in the past with present day...really keeps you hanging on for the ending.

"I wonder this: If you take a woman and push her to the edge, how will she behave?
The question is posed by Jean, a photographer, who in 1995 arrives on Smuttynose Island, off the coast of Maine, to research a century-old crime. As she immerses herself in the details of the case -an outburst of passion that resulted in the deaths of two women -Jean herself enters precarious emotional territory. The suspicion that her husband is having an affair burgeons into jealousy and distrust, and ultimately propels Jean to the verge of actions she had not known herself capable of-actions with horrific consequences"........

Sending this to pgsahm in Disputanta, Virginia on 11/14. .... Enjoy!

Rec'd in the mail today! Thanks a lot! I will read it and pass it on to the other members who requested it.

I had a really hard time getting into this book. I'm not sure if it's because I was just not 'in the mood' to read it or if it was just slow. After I did start to enjoy it I went through it fairly quick.

The story flip flops from present day life with a photographer and her family on a boat near the Isles of Shoals to a journal written in 1899 by a woman who lived on Isles of Shoals. It was confusing going from one storyline to the next, but eventually I caught up... :o)

I liked the book but was disappointed with it too. I was a bit predictable in parts and seemed to end abruptly. That must be how Anita Shreve writes, as I read The Pilot's Wife and was not overly impressed with it either.

Released on Friday, January 03, 2003 at Sending to a friend in Muskegon, Michigan USA.

I will be mailing this to BCer Heatherine tomorrow! Enjoy!

Just got it in the mail from pgsahm! :)