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Katherine Towler

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The third in the Snow Island trilogy moves onto the Gulf War time period as the islanders' stories seem to run out of steam. There are two gay women couples in difficulty, and the restless Nick, Alice's son, and Rachel, featured in the second book Evening Ferry, are having a fraught affair. One of the gay women, Ruth, is the daughter of Lydia, who was best friends with Alice in the first and best of the series, but nothing much is made of the connection.
 
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froxgirl | Feb 14, 2021 |
This second of a trilogy about life on the small Snow Island (probably the real life Prudence Island) off the RI coast confusingly (to me) advances in time and leave behind the characters that populated the first novel. However, island life deepens convincingly for Rachel Shattuck, who returns from a divorce and to care for her father, who she has always seen as a difficult villain in her family, when her mother dies and her father is injured. She becomes the teacher for the island's one-room schoolhouse and plunges into her late mother's journals, which reveal a very different reality than what Rachel saw growing up. It's very well written and perhaps even meatier than the first novel Snow Island.… (altro)
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froxgirl | 2 altre recensioni | Feb 13, 2021 |
This first of a trilogy was written almost 20 years ago, about events leading up to WW II, and somehow it shows its age while remaining an enjoyable read, especially if you love books about island life. Snow Island is offshore from Bristol, RI, and only a few people are year-rounders. When Alice's father, a quahogger, drowns at sea, the community sets up her mother as the proprietor of the island store and the postmistress. Her mother is portrayed as a weak and silly woman, without the urgency to care for her family, and Alice, even before graduating from high school in a class of three, has to be the adult. She becomes involved with three island men, but the loneliness of Snow Island and its few inhabitants, and the perpetual snobbery of the wealthy summer folk, lack drama. Still, one must read on and find out how it all turns out.… (altro)
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froxgirl | 4 altre recensioni | Feb 2, 2021 |
An interesting read about life on a small island during WWII. The characters are all really well written and I definitely got a sense of life on Snow Island. It was interesting to see how drastically life changed after Pearl Harbor. There is a true sense of place in this novel. Even while people are away, the island is always in the back of their minds.
 
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bnbookgirl | 4 altre recensioni | Apr 27, 2016 |

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