Mabel Robinson's delightful coming-of-age story won a Newbery Honor in 1938 and garnered extraordinary praise from critics and readers alike. Born and raised on Bright Island off the Maine coast, Thankful Curtis is more like her sea captain grandfath...
Could Lyssie hope to keep the secret that threatened her happiness? Or would it haunt her with all its tragic memories? The man she loved with so much tenderness and passion -- the long, lonely months and the child she bore -- the child who would ...