When her mother disappears without a trace during a weekend trip, Florine Gilham's idyllic childhood is turned upside-down. Until then, she'd been blissfully insulated by the rhythms of family life in her small coastal Maine town. Her days were spent watching from the granite cliffs for her father's lobster boat to come into port, making bread with her grandmother, and infiltrating the summer tourist camps with her friends. But with her mother gone, the heart falls out of Florine's life and she and her father struggle to ...
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When her mother disappears without a trace during a weekend trip, Florine Gilham's idyllic childhood is turned upside-down. Until then, she'd been blissfully insulated by the rhythms of family life in her small coastal Maine town. Her days were spent watching from the granite cliffs for her father's lobster boat to come into port, making bread with her grandmother, and infiltrating the summer tourist camps with her friends. But with her mother gone, the heart falls out of Florine's life and she and her father struggle to manage their loss. Florine will have to find her way to young adulthood -- even as she clings to the hope that her mother will return and her life, as she knew it, will continue. Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea is written in the voice of a feisty young heroine and filled with the dry wit that people on the coast of Maine are famous for. With Fannie Flagg's humor and Elizabeth Strout's sense of place, this debut is an extraordinary snapshot of a bygone America throug
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Add this copy of Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea to cart. $36.93, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Center Point Pub.
Bought this based on the title and cover. Turned out to be a masterful debut by a new young writer. Wound up having to then find the sequel and read it too. Well worth the time and money on both. Interesting story, interesting characters, suspenseful, held my interest until the end -- of the sequel. Will be interesting to see what the author writes next.
