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"In the 1970s, Madeleine Blais' in-laws purchased a vacation house on Martha's Vineyard for the exorbitant sum of $80,000. 2.2 miles down a poorly marked, one lane dirt road, the house was better termed a shack--it had no electricity, no modern plumbing, the roof leaked, and mice had invaded the walls. It was perfect. Sitting on Tisbury Great Pond--well-stocked with oysters and crab for foraged dinners--the house faced the ocean and the sky, and though...
2) Bitter tide
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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New York, 1901. Immigrants lap at America's shore as relentlessly as the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. Ellis Island Superintendent Joseph Hannegan stands alone trying to protect the interests of the immigrants and his country against the rampant corruption overtaking the station. Hannegan believes he may have enough evidence to rout a crooked commissioner. But when young Maggie Flynn steps off the ferry and shoots her fianće, his mission is derailed....