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After every storm there is a place to return to--if you have the courage to follow your heart… New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice has touched the hearts and lives of readers everywhere with powerful tales of love and loss...and love regained. In an unforgettable novel set on her... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Dana Underhill: Painter, famed for her underwater oceanscapes, who lives in Honfleur, France. Sister of Lily, aunt of Aquinnah Jane - Quinn, and Lily. She and Lily taught sailing as teenagers. Grew up in Hubbard's Point, a half hour east of New Haven on the CT coastline.
- Sam Trevor: An oceanographer/marine biologist and Yale professor whom Dana befriended and taught to sail when he was a poor, motherless young boy in Newport
- Aquinnah Jane Grayson, aka "Quinn": Lily and Mark Grayson's prickly older daughter, Conceived and born at Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard
- Mark Grayson: Lily's husband - an architect and builder. Specialized in senior residences filled with light and views to make life enticing.Fatehr of Quinn and Lily. An avid sailor like his wife
- Lily Underhill Grayson: Dana's older sister, wife of Mark Grayson, mother of Quinn and Allie. A gifted painter and mother, dedicated preservationist - especially of Martha's Vineyard.
- Martha: 78 year old friend of the Underhills
- Marnie: 28 year old friend of Lily and Allie.
- Grandma Underhill: Lily and Dana's mother, who takes care of Quinn and Allie.
- Jonathan Hull: Dana's gifted young painter mentee and lover in Honfleur, France.
- Kimba: Allie's beloved stuffed animal
- Vickie: Dana's NYC art agent
- Monique: Dana's model and assistant in in Honfleur, France
- Joe Trevor: Sam's older brother - an oceanographer, and treasure hunter and recoverer all over the world. Married to Caroline
- Caroline Renwick Trevor: Joe's wealthy wife, runs an Inn
- Maggie: Add a description of this character.
- Jim
- Hugh Renwick: Caroline's wealthy father
- Terry
- Cameron
- Jack
- Patricia
- Annabelle
- Rumer Larkin
Setting & Locations edit
- France
- New York
- Honfleur, France: Where Dana and Jon reside and paint in the light that inspired many of the Impressionists
- Newport, RI: Where Lily and Dana taught sailing one summer while in college
- Black Hall Gallery: The art gallery in Hubbard's Point, CT where Lily had arranged Dana's art show
- Connecticut: The New England state where the story takes place
- Long Island Sound: The body of water separating Connecticut and Long Island, NY before joining the Atlantic ocean
- Little Beach: The beach where Quinn goes to sit by a tidal pool and write in her journal
- Gay Head: Village on Martha's Vineyard
- Jamestown Bridge
- Massachusetts
- Cincinnati, Ohio: where Mark built one of his senior residences
- Paris: WHere Jon and Dana met
- New Haven, Connecticut: Where Sam teaches at Yale
First Sentence edit
THEY WERE SISTERS AND THEIR MOTHER AND aunt were sisters.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 6 in Hubbard's Point / Black Hall. (standard series)
Preceded by Firefly Beach, and followed by True Blue.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Luanne Rice (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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