The third of Mary Ellen Chase's Maine novels (following Mary Peters and Silas Crockett), Windswept is the romantic and tumultuous saga of a Maine family who makes its home Down East. Spanning six decades, starting in the late nineteenth century, the novel depicts their lives as they meet head on the joys and challenges of the changing and encroaching world and eventually, World War II. Through it all, their home provides the family with a safe haven in which to sink their roots as they strive to nurture their humanity and ...
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The third of Mary Ellen Chase's Maine novels (following Mary Peters and Silas Crockett), Windswept is the romantic and tumultuous saga of a Maine family who makes its home Down East. Spanning six decades, starting in the late nineteenth century, the novel depicts their lives as they meet head on the joys and challenges of the changing and encroaching world and eventually, World War II. Through it all, their home provides the family with a safe haven in which to sink their roots as they strive to nurture their humanity and spirituality, all the while surrounded by the natural beauty of the Maine coast. Windswept was a national bestseller and the biggest seller of Chase's career.
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Very good. With original jacket, 1949 Macmillan Press hardcover, unmarked text, tight binding, mild jacket edge wear and tear, exowner name inscribed. Fast Shipping-Safe and Secure Bubble Mailer!
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I'd forgotten all about Windswept until this summer when I was in Steuben, Maine, the home of Mary Ellen Chase, and my host pointed out the road to her house. I'd read and loved WIndswept as a teen, almost 50 years ago, and when I returned home, I immediately sent for a copy so that I could reread it. This time through, I didn't love it. It seemed somewhat dated and didn't capture the "romance" of the windswept Maine coast as I remember it had. Still, though it's no longer on my list of "Top 100" to re-read, I enjoyed it enough to have passed it along to our hosts. For those familiar with the area, it's fun to read and imagine what it was like a hundred years ago.
