THE EDGE OF WINTER is a story about the struggles of single mom Neve and her daughter, Mickey, as they try to make a life along the rugged beach coast of Rhode Island. It's a tumultuous time for both as Neve is still recovering from the disappointment of divorce and Mickey is trying to make sense of her absentee father and her own life as she transitions from a girl to a teenager. Through the ups and downs, the bond that holds them together is their deep affinity for birds and nature.
During a bird-watching expedition with a friend, Mickey takes a tumble over her bicycle handlebars and lands in the ER with a broken wrist and two new friends -- a park ranger and a teenage surfer. Both have their own personal struggles and have a passion for the nature sanctuary and what's buried in the water off the shore. As personal issues are explored by the characters, nature reveals secrets that will touch them all.
Once again, Rice writes a poetic novel with soulful characters and mesmerizing scenery. She whispers the story to the reader in an understated, yet powerful and captivating way.
This review is from the hardback edition.
Neve Halloran and her daughter have shared a fierce love for
the austere beauty of Rhode Islandβs South County ever since
Neve guided Mickeyβs first baby steps along the sandy shore.
Now, with Mickey a teenager and Neveβs last hope for
happiness with her daughterβs loving but unstable father
gone, both will struggle to make a new life together amid
the windswept landscape that sustains them.
Captivated by a fragile wildlife sanctuary, Mickey
will move toward womanhood in the company of a lonely boy
who shares her instinctive way with the creatures of the
coast. And Neve will find herself drawn to a man who has
devoted his life to the sanctuary, but who is unable to
share the pain of a recent lossβor reconnect with the father
who still bears the scars of World War II.As winter
gives way to spring, and spring to summer, a secret will
emerge that has lain buried in the depths just offshore for
decades, a secret that will galvanize the small seaside
community. For the waters bear their own vestige of the
pastβand their ceaseless rhythms may point the way to hope
and new beginnings. Lyrical, luminous, and utterly
captivating, The Edge of Winter is Luanne Rice at her
most penetrating and insightful, in a moving exploration of
the bonds that shape us and set us free.From
the Hardcover edition.
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