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Title	:	Sea Glass (Fortune's Rocks #2)
Author	:	Anita Shreve
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 374 pages
Published	:	December 1st 2006 by Little Brown and Company (first published 2002)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit

Sea Glass (Fortune's Rocks #2)

Anita Shreve

Paperback | Pages: 374 pages

Rating: 3.67 | 23932 Users | 1419 Reviews

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In the textile-manufacturing region of New Hampshire in 1929, newlyweds Honora and Sexton Beecher wrestle with all the wonders and challenges that young couples have always faced. They've just purchased a house near the ocean that needs a lot of work, but the couple is dedicated to making it a home. When the economy fails and a single unscrupulous act perpetrated by Sexton is revealed, more than love will be required to keep the marriage from collapsing under the weight of this betrayal. Sexton -- formerly a traveling salesman -- is forced to take a job at the local mill alongside other men, women, and children whose very survival is being threatened by the harsh burden of their daily toil. Repeated pay cuts and inhumane conditions propel the workers closer to a potentially violent clash with management and union breakers. Alliances are formed, honor is challenged, and character flaws become fatal as the tinderbox explodes, leaving old bonds broken and new ones bolstered. Momentum builds steadily in this beautifully developed story, unfettered by needless machinations. Shreve deftly weaves the lives of a diverse collection of characters into a tapestry that is rich with the complete range of human emotion and lush with tactile nuance. (Ann Kashickey)

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Original Title:	Sea Glass
ISBN:	0316013838 (ISBN13: 9780316013833)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Fortune's Rocks #2
Characters:	Honora Beecher, Sexton Beecher, Vivian Burton, McDermott, Alphonse
Setting:	New Hampshire(United States)

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Set in the early depression era somewhere on the East Coast, the novel follows Honora and Sexton Beecher from the beginning of their marriage. They moved into a large deserted old house on the beach and threw themselves into making it habitable with mostly sweat equity and little money. Sexton is away every week because of his job as travelling salesman and Honora lives a quiet but very structured life. She walks frequently on the lonely beach and collects colorful bits of sea glass. When the

As with "The Pilot's Wife" by Anita Shreve, "Sea Glass" really resonated with me since I grew up on the coast of Maine and experienced so much of what the protagonist, Honora, experiences. "Sea Glass" takes place in a New Hampshire beach town and actually travels to places familiar to me in Maine - particularly Sanford where I was born and spent my early years! Like Honora, I've walked the beaches and searched for sea glass. "Sea Glass" takes place in the late 1920s/early 1930s so the characters

This is a fast and easy read set in 1929 New England during the start of the depression. Our characters include a young newlywed couple, an 11 year old boy, a young 20-something man who has worked in the mills all his life, a 30-something wealthy woman, and a few communists to round out the group. The very unlikely people come together and their lives change forever. It was a bit confusing getting in to the book because each chapter (maybe only a page or two long) switches between characters and

3.5 starsSexton, a fast-talking typewriter salesman, and Honora married after knowing each other for a short time. The newlyweds moved into a large neglected house along the New Hampshire shore in 1929. After the stock market crash, Honora found out her husband was not totally honest in obtaining a loan for the house. Sexton lost his job and his car, and could only find a new job at the mill.The working conditions at the mill were terrible, and the mill owners decided to reduce the meager wages

This is the 2nd Shreve book I finished in the last couple of weeks. I really enjoyed reading it, though not quite as much as Light on Snow. The structure of the book -- alternating between the viewpoints of the different characters -- made it take a little while to really get into it and feel invested in the characters, but once they started intersecting, I couldn't put it down. And the structure provided some great symbolism -- little threads weaving in and out of others' lives, sometimes only

I almost passed on this book when I found it at a thrift store. The book's plot looked promising and I wasn't disappointed. My favorite quaote from the book:"The only problem with looking for sea glass", Sexton says one day when he and Honora are walking along the beach, "is that you never look up. You never see the view. You never see the houses or the ocean because you're afraid you'll miss something in the sand."

Honora may be one of the most beautiful fictional characters I've ever met. Anita Shreve fans, should I read Fortunes Rock or The Weight of Water next?