Sea Glass
‘His voice startled a flock of seagulls. They spread out in a fan pattern from the roof of the house. I remember looking up and thinking, Please God, let this be a good marriage…’Nearly 50 years on from the Rose Street Massacre of 1933, English biographer Gerard Moxon is researching a book on the subject, and stirring up memories for Honora Beecher that have never quite been laid to rest. And as Gerard quizzes Honora about the story that shocked depression-era New Hampshire – and the involvement of her husband Sexton – Honora is soon eliciting secrets about Gerard’s own remarkable life…
In Sea Glass, Anita Shreve has skilfully crafted a delicate double narrative, intertwining two seemingly divergent lives into an astonishing single story of love, loss and the search for stability in changing times.
Reviews
‘A beautifully visualised novel of emotional discovery’ Sunday Times
‘Few other contemporary novelists weave past and present so skilfully, capturing the seamless texture of time’ Newsday