Rating: 4.50 (1 ratings)
First published 2007
Toby Maytree first glimpses Lou Bigelow's laughter and loveliness in postwar Provincetown. As the educated poet courts the college girl, her stillness captivates him. Over decades, the Maytrees build a life among the artists and writers of the bare Cape Cod peninsula, raising a son with the help of their bohemian friend Deary. But Deary's actions will soon set the town talking. Dillard's intimate, elegantly-spare portrait explores the vastness of nature and the resilience of abiding love.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, lyrical
Tropes: abiding-love, found-family, resilience
Setting: Provincetown (Mass.)
Period: Postwar
216 pages · Hardcover · HarperCollins