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In the summer, tourists come in droves to the pond in the tiny coastal town of Stonington, Maine, to see the early-morning lilies in bloom. But in the winter, the pond belongs to the locals-especially to a beautiful figure skater named Doreen Johnson, and to the boys who play hockey. It is at... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Elizabeth: protagonist
- Gwen: Elizabeth's older sister
- Father: a painter and fisherman
- Mother: a housewife who adores figure skating
- Friedrich or Frederick: an Austrian architect, and a painter like Elizabeth's father
- Michael: a neighbor boy from another fishing family who loves Elizabeth
- Bertie: Michael's mother, who is missing 2 fingers from her hand
- Dorie: Elizabeth's daughter
- Dana: Elizabeth's first son
- Vincent: Elizabeth's second son
First Sentence edit
Sometimes I see my mother skating across the pond with her arms like outstretched wings.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Proserpine: the kidanpped bride of Hades, she is used as a parallel to Elizabeth's existential condition
- Pomegranates: the fruit that trapped Proserpine with Hades, the god who kidnapped her -- like Hades, Frederick uses it to tempt Elizabeth to stay with him
- Fishing: treated as the backbone of life and sustaining a family
Authors & Contributors edit
- Deborah Joy Corey (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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