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Margreete's Harbor — Eleanor Morse
A moving tale of a family's journey through the turbulent 1960s, set against the stunning backdrop of coastal Maine.
Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Fiction, Margreete's Harbor by Eleanor Morse is a beautifully crafted novel that follows the lives of the Bright family over a decade of change. When fiercely independent, thrice-widowed Margreete accidentally nearly burns down her rambling coastal home, her daughter Liddie realizes it's time for a change. Uprooting her husband Harry and their children Eva and Bernie from their settled life in Michigan, Liddie moves the family to Margreete's isolated house to begin anew.
As the years pass, each member of the family navigates their own challenges: Liddie struggles to find space for her music in an increasingly confining marriage; Harry's critical approach to the Vietnam War threatens his new teaching position; and Bernie and Eva begin to discover their own identities as young adults. All the while, Margreete slowly descends into a private world of memories, even as she finds new purpose in them.
Attuned to the seasons of nature, the internal dynamics of a family, and a nation divided by its ideals, Margreete's Harbor reveals profound meaning in the smallest moments of life. Fans of Elizabeth Strout, Alice Munro, and Anne Tyler will feel right at home in the pages of this intimate and emotionally powerful novel.
Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Fiction, Margreete's Harbor by Eleanor Morse is a beautifully crafted novel that follows the lives of the Bright family over a decade of change. When fiercely independent, thrice-widowed Margreete accidentally nearly burns down her rambling coastal home, her daughter Liddie realizes it's time for a change. Uprooting her husband Harry and their children Eva and Bernie from their settled life in Michigan, Liddie moves the family to Margreete's isolated house to begin anew.
As the years pass, each member of the family navigates their own challenges: Liddie struggles to find space for her music in an increasingly confining marriage; Harry's critical approach to the Vietnam War threatens his new teaching position; and Bernie and Eva begin to discover their own identities as young adults. All the while, Margreete slowly descends into a private world of memories, even as she finds new purpose in them.
Attuned to the seasons of nature, the internal dynamics of a family, and a nation divided by its ideals, Margreete's Harbor reveals profound meaning in the smallest moments of life. Fans of Elizabeth Strout, Alice Munro, and Anne Tyler will feel right at home in the pages of this intimate and emotionally powerful novel.
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