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The "wonderful first novel about life, love, and lobster fishing" (USA Today) from the #1 bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic and City of Girls Off the coast of Maine, Ruth Thomas is born into a feud fought for generations by two groups of local lobstermen over fishing rights for the waters that lie between their respective islands. At eighteen, she has returned from boarding school-smart as a whip, feisty, and irredeemably unromantic-determined to throw over her education and join the "stern men"working the lobster boats. Gilbert utterly captures the American spirit through an unforgettable heroine who is destined for greatness-and love-despite herself in this the critically acclaimed debut.
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Stern Men, Elizabeth Gilbert
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- 2009
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- Title
- Stern Men
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Elizabeth Gilbert
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0143114697
- ISBN13
- 9780143114697
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Love, Family, Women, Contemporary Fiction, Friendship, Contemporary Romance, USA, Military Fiction, Wars, American Literature, America, Seas and Oceans, Islands
- First published
- 2000
- Original title
- Stern Men
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- The "wonderful first novel about life, love, and lobster fishing" (USA Today) from the #1 bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic and City of Girls Off the coast of Maine, Ruth Thomas is born into a feud fought for generations by two groups of local lobstermen over fishing rights for the waters that lie between their respective islands. At eighteen, she has returned from boarding school-smart as a whip, feisty, and irredeemably unromantic-determined to throw over her education and join the "stern men"working the lobster boats. Gilbert utterly captures the American spirit through an unforgettable heroine who is destined for greatness-and love-despite herself in this the critically acclaimed debut.