Fortune's Rocks: A Novel

by Anita Shreve

Description

Little, Brown and Company, 1999-12-02. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition 1st Printing, Tight Binding, No Writing or Tears inside, Dust Jacket very-good minor wear top edge, no tears or marks. Very nice edition.

Book summary

In the summer of 1899, 15-year-old Olympia Biddeford visits the New Hampshire coast with her wealthy Boston family. Spirited and bright, she soon befriends her father's colleague, Dr. John Haskell, a talented writer, respected physician, and enthusiastic philanthropist. Olympia's summer of awakenings--both intellectual and sexual--turns bleak when her love affair with the good doctor, who is a married father of four and 26 years Olympia's senior, is uncovered.