Synopsis
In 1929 New England, Sexton and Honora Beecher arrange to buy the house they are renting, but when the Depression strikes their small town their hopes are dashed. Sexton goes to work at the mill and becomes involved with the plan to form a union--and events conspire to undermine the Beechers' marriage as well as their financial picture. This is the third volume in Anita Shreve's informal trilogy of novels that take place in a house on the coast of New Hampshire.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2003-01-21 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 376 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
Honora and Sexton Beecher find their lives forever changed when they are rendered virtually penniless by the crash of the stock market, forcing Sexton to work in a nearby mill, a job that is plagued by violence, and as they try to reconstruct their marriage and home, they are confronted by passions of every kind, in a powerful novel by the author of The Pilot's Wife.
Industry Reviews
"The mood here is dark, but Shreve's fans will take some comfort in her typically elegant, lucid prose....A sterling effort from an intelligent and entertaining popular novelist."
Kirkus Reviews (02/01/2002)
"If the strike seems at times to be a game to Honora, this lies partly in the fact that Shreve never quite manages to make it real....The catastrophe seems both unfortunate and unnecessary, a way out of the problem of finishing the book. The plausible, more common conclusions, in marriage or adultery, have already failed. For once, despite her customary good touches, Shreve cannot persuade that love is the central drama of her characters' lives--and bits of broken glass are a poor substitute."
Times Literary Supplement - Benjamin Markovits (04/05/2002)
"SEA GLASS is...a book with no sharp edges, even if its story involves first love, lost innocence and drastic twists of fate. With considerable polish, Ms. Shreve arranges a disparate group of characters at the New England seaside in 1929 and then lets economic turmoil set them adrift....Ms. Shreve...writes pleasingly enveloping stories with fluent ease, investing the mundane with a warmly romantic aura....[T]his novel is able to put readers through the wringer and still end on a note of comforting benediction."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (04/08/2002)
"Shreve handles her dreadful climax with a deft touch. By then, her characters have endured hard times and learned hard lessons -- while we have been along for an engrossing, moving ride."
Charlotte Observer (05/05/2002)
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