The Ebbing Tide (The Tide Trilogy) by Elisabeth Ogilvie

By Elisabeth Ogilvie

As the battle-fit males of Bennett’s Island are referred to as to struggle in international warfare II, the various different population head to the mainland besides. The small island neighborhood turns into a little bit a ghost city, although Joanna Bennett retains the house fires burning. instead of living on her husband’s destiny within the Pacific Theatre, she devotes her time to the elevating of her younger son, and maintaining a tally of her wild and stricken brother. even if she is pressured into boarding an undesirable visitor in her domestic, she performs her function of hostess perfectly if coolly, however the visitor quickly proves his mettle, supporting the Bennetts cope with either average and human components. while Joanna’s center softens in the direction of the sort and good-looking younger guy, she unearths herself struggling with to be actual to her absent husband, and dealing with down outdated ghosts from her past.

As the ultimate publication of the Tide Trilogy, this wartime tale transports readers to the gorgeous and rugged Maine coast, the place households needs to eke out their livelihoods from the tempestuous ocean yet in go back they’re afforded the day-by-day beauty and straightforward pleasures of island life.

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