First published 1994
When nineteen-year-old Maude Chambliss arrives at the patrician summer colony of Retreat, her gypsy-like beauty and impulsive behavior mark her as an outsider. But over many summers, Maude grows to cherish the colony and its people - her husband Peter, consumed by darkness; her fragile children; her domineering mother-in-law; and Maine native Micah, Maude's truest friend. As the tides of the colony ebb and flow, Maude must find the strength to keep it, and her family, afloat.
Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
396 pages · Paperback · Three Rooms Press