The release date for the English version of 'Sea Glass' by
Anita Shreve is Dec 2006. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
1929 finds newlyweds Honora and Sexton Beecher navigating all the marvels and difficulties that young couples have traditionally encountered in the textile industrial area of New Hampshire. The couple is committed to turning their newly acquired, much-needed beachfront property into a home. It will take more than just love to prevent the marriage from crumbling under the weight of Sexton's treachery when the economy collapses and just one dishonest act is exposed. Former traveling salesman Sexton is sent to work in the nearby mill with other men, women, and kids whose lives are in danger due to the hard labor they must do every day. The workers are getting closer to a possibly violent confrontation with management and union breakers as a result of ongoing salary cutbacks and terrible working conditions. The tinderbox bursts, shattering long-standing relationships and strengthening new ones in the process. Alliances are forged, honor is tested, and character defects become deadly.
In this masterfully crafted tale, the momentum increases gradually without being hindered by superfluous plot devices. Shreve skillfully combines the lives of a wide variety of individuals to create a tapestry that is both lush with tactile delicacy and rich with the whole spectrum of human emotion. (Kashickey Ann)