The Edge of Winter, Luanne Rice
The Edge of Winter, Luanne Rice
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The Edge of Winter

Author: Luanne Rice

Narrator: Blair Brown

Abridged: 4 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2007

Categories: Fiction, Women


Synopsis

Neve Halloran and her daughter have shared a fierce love for the austere beauty of Rhode Island’s South County ever since Neve guided Mickey’s first baby steps along the sandy shore. Now, with Mickey a teenager and Neve’s last hope for happiness with her daughter’s loving but unstable father gone, both will struggle to make a new life together amid the windswept landscape that sustains them.

Captivated by a fragile wildlife sanctuary, Mickey will move toward womanhood in the company of a lonely boy who shares her instinctive way with the creatures of the coast. And Neve will find herself drawn to a man who has devoted his life to the sanctuary, but who is unable to share the pain of a recent loss—or reconnect with the father who still bears the scars of World War II.

As winter gives way to spring, and spring to summer, a secret will emerge that has lain buried in the depths just offshore for decades, a secret that will galvanize the small seaside community. For the waters bear their own vestige of the past—and their ceaseless rhythms may point the way to hope and new beginnings.

Lyrical, luminous, and utterly captivating, The Edge of Winter is Luanne Rice at her most penetrating and insightful, in a moving exploration of the bonds that shape us and set us free.

About The Author

Luanne Rice is the author of twenty-four novels, most recently What Matters Most, The Edge of Winter, Sandcastles, Summer of Roses, Summer’s Child, Silver Bells, and Beach Girls. She lives in New York City and Old Lyme, Connecticut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ann

I might be a little prejudice reviewing this book. It is set in Rhode Island and clearly the author knows Rhode Island. And, the story is about World War II and men who served with my father--even though Luanne Rice fictionized the book, the details of the 492nd Bomb Group is very accurate. Her fath......more

Goodreads review by Karen

this was okay. it made me cry, which probably means i've officially crossed over to the bad place. it was sappy, and too simple, and not that well written. and all the diving references were wrong. which leads me to believe her Uboat history was off too. oh well.......more


Quotes

“An involving tale of love, loss, and redemption, then deepens the story with a resonant appreciation for nature.”—Booklist