A Gift Upon the Shore
A Gift Upon the Shore by M. K. Wren is a reprint edition published by Roc in 1991, featuring 384 pages in English. The narrative follows Rachel Morrow and her young protégée Mary Hope, who find themselves isolated on the Oregon shore after a nuclear holocaust. Their lives revolve around Rachel’s mission to preserve the remaining books, but their existence is disrupted when Luke arrives, introducing new desires and challenges that threaten their beliefs and way of life.
Readers will encounter a complex interplay of survival and ideology as Mary becomes embroiled in a conflict with Miriam, a member of the patriarchal Ark community that opposes their values. The story delves into themes of preservation, dissent, and the struggle against oppressive societal norms. A Gift Upon the Shore presents an exploration of the lengths individuals will go to protect their legacies in a world transformed by catastrophe.
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“Rachel Morrow and her young protégée Mary Hope, isolated at Amarna on the remote Oregon shore, seem to be the sole survivors of the nuclear holocaust, their lives given purpose only by Rachel’s mission to preserve whatever books are left. Until Luke appears on the shore–filling Mary with need and desire, both for him and for the Ark, the organized community from which he comes. Yet the encounter threatens everything she and Rachel believe in–for the Arkites are a strict, patriarchal society who think all books but the Bible are evil and who have no place for dissenters. Then Mary becomes involved in a bitter conflict with Miriam, the icy beauty who vows to destroy her precious legacy–even if she has to kill to do so. A Gift Upon the Shore is the story of an epic three-generational battle, whose final shattering resolution rocks the fragile foundations of their lives”–Page 4 of cover.
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