I picked up the paperback book "Sea Glass" for less than $6. It retails for $15. Anita Shreve, the author of the Oprah Book Club selection "A Pilot's Wife," would probably cringe to see the bargain priced sticker on her book. I saw it as a chance to give an author I enjoyed once another opportunity to entertain me.
With her beautiful imagery and historical research, Shreve weaves a tale of misguided love the devastation of the depression and how some people lost more than their homes and items in the crash, but they lost their lives, and their loves, fighting to hold onto what little dignity, pride and humility they had.
Shreve uses different voices throughout the story to capture the emotion, scene and unrest the characters face. Her eloquent prose keeps each page flowing into another until you realize hours have passed with this "bargain" book and you haven't put it down.
"Sea Glass" doesn't belong in the bargain bin.
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