Giveaway: The Harbormaster's Daughter by Heidi Jon Schmidt
Book Description:
On a freezing January night, LaRee Farnham answers a knock at her door to find a policewoman holding three-year old Vita Gray, whose mother has just been murdered a few miles away. LaRee raises Vita with fierce love and attention, while trying to shield her from the aftermath of the murder, which has deeply divided the historic village of Oyster Creek.
Born out of wedlock, Vita is the product of the town’s two very different cultures: the hardworking fishing families of Portuguese descent and the "washashores” from the mainland who’ve drifted to the coast for its beauty. At sixteen, Vita is shy and isolated, estranged from her father and bullied at school, but she is determined to come out of herself, step by step.
When the shocking details of her past surface suddenly, Vita feels utterly betrayed by those closest to her, and the fraught tension between Oyster Creek’s two cultures comes to a head. LaRee must ask hard questions about herself as a mother, while Vita turns to unexpected avenues to find meaning and discovers that the truth is almost never found in black and white....
Born out of wedlock, Vita is the product of the town’s two very different cultures: the hardworking fishing families of Portuguese descent and the "washashores” from the mainland who’ve drifted to the coast for its beauty. At sixteen, Vita is shy and isolated, estranged from her father and bullied at school, but she is determined to come out of herself, step by step.
When the shocking details of her past surface suddenly, Vita feels utterly betrayed by those closest to her, and the fraught tension between Oyster Creek’s two cultures comes to a head. LaRee must ask hard questions about herself as a mother, while Vita turns to unexpected avenues to find meaning and discovers that the truth is almost never found in black and white....
Heidi Jon Schmidt is the author of The Rose Thieves, , Darling?, The Bride of Catastrophe, and The House on Oyster Creek. Her stories and essays have been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Grand Street, Yankee,and featured on National Public Radio. She has won awards including the O’Henry, Ingram-Merrill and James Michener Awards. She teaches in the Workshops at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and lives on Cape Cod with her husband Roger Skillings and their daughter Marisa Rose.
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bermudaonion said... August 10, 2012 at 6:16 AM
This book sounds intriguing. I can't wait to see what happens to Vita.
clenna said... August 10, 2012 at 7:34 AM
This sounds like a very interesting story. One that I would love to read.
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Linda Kish said... August 10, 2012 at 9:24 AM
This one sounds fascinating. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Margie said... August 10, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Thanks for the giveaway, this sounds really good!
Colleen Turner said... August 10, 2012 at 11:46 AM
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traveler said... August 10, 2012 at 12:20 PM
Sounds like a potentially poignant tale. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Nancy said... August 10, 2012 at 1:51 PM
Sounds like she is making a return to Oyster Creek, will have to check out that other title too. Thanks!
holdenj said... August 10, 2012 at 2:40 PM
truth is almost never found in black and white....
I so agree with that!
I'd love to read this!
Carol M said... August 10, 2012 at 3:32 PM
This book sounds really good. I love the character of Vita, and would love to read the book to find out what happens to her. Thanks for this chance.
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Anita Yancey said... August 15, 2012 at 7:03 AM
Sounds like a book I would like to read. Thanks for this giveaway!
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Lara Newell said... August 15, 2012 at 6:16 PM
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