The Silver Boat
The Silver Boat by Luanne Rice is a poignant exploration of family dynamics set against the backdrop of Martha’s Vineyard. Published by Pamela Dorman Books/Viking in 2011, this first edition spans 289 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows three sisters who return to their mother’s beach house, a place that has always represented their true happiness. As they confront the memories of their family, including their grandmother and father, they begin to navigate the emotional complexities of letting go.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of experiences as the sisters embark on a journey that takes them from their childhood home to their ancestral roots in Ireland. The story delves into themes of family life and contemporary women’s experiences, revealing how each sister’s perspective on love and home evolves. With a cast of memorable characters, including a unique Zen genius, The Silver Boat captures the intricate balance of beauty and sorrow in familial relationships, inviting readers to reflect on the ties that bind them to their past.
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Bestseller Luanne Rice returns with a novel as timeless as the sea on which it’s set.
From the beloved New York Times bestselling Luanne Rice comes a heartwarming yet heart-wrenching portrait of three far-flung sisters who come home to Martha’s Vineyard one last time. Their mother’s beach house is the only place any of them ever found true happiness and they need to begin the difficult process of letting go. Memories of their grandmother, mother, and their Irish father, who sailed away the year Dar turned twelve, rise up and expose the fine cracks in their family myth-especially when a cache of old letters reveals enough truth to send them back to their ancestral homeland.
Transplanted into the unfamiliar, each sister sees life, her heart, and her relationship to home in a new way. But how do they let go of a place that contains the complicated love of their imperfect family? Without the house, where will they be together?
The novel is a season on Martha’s Vineyard; a mission to Ireland; a cast of friends, including one wildly off-the-grid Zen genius; passionate love in the surf; and three very different sisters with lives filled with beauty, sorrow, and deep love they’d never been quite sure they could trust. The Silver Boat is Luanne Rice at her very best, complete with her singular talent for capturing a family in all its flawed complexity.
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