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The story of a mother and daughter in an idyllic Cape Cod
town...
Sensitive but practical, Charlotte Tradescome has come to accept
the reticence of her older, work-obsessed husband Henry. Still, she
hopes to create a life for their three-year-old daughter. So when
Henry inherits a home on Cape Cod, she, Henry, and little Fiona
move from their Manhattan apartment to this seaside community.
Charlotte sells off part of Tradescome Point, inadvertently fueling
the conflict between newcomers and locals. Many townspeople easily
dismiss Charlotte as a "washashore." A rare exception is Darryl
Stead, an oyster farmer with modest dreams and an open heart, with
whom Charlotte feels the connection she's been missing. Ultimately
he transforms the way she sees herself, the town, and the people
she loves...
The Rose Thieves gives us the Vanderwald family: flamboyant, hot-tempered Lila, who feels trapped living in a small New England town; her sentimental, eternally optimistic husband, a failed futures-market investor; and their children. An affectionate daughter steals flowers from gardens all over town for her big sister's sixteenth birthday. A tea party for the local minister is turned upside down by a four-year-old's remark. Sheep wander through the kitchen, an enraged mother swan menaces the sisters as their own mother entertains a possible lover, and, after a near-disaster, Lila proclaims "We faced death; death couldn't face us!" Amidst the chaos, Kate, the oldest daughter, practices piano because "Haydn will give
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