num_pages: 284
description: For more than 50 years, isolated and fiercely beautiful Bennett's Island, Maine, and its people have captivated Elisabeth Ogilvie's readers. The Day Before Winter is the long-awaited latest novel in her Bennett's Island series.As the year slips into Indian summer, we rejoin Joanna Sorensen; her husband, Nils; their grown son, Jamie; and several of her brothers, who are all lobstering and raising families on the island. None would trade their remote home for the mainland, though for some, age is making winter fishing more dangerous every year.Now, the Bennett clan faces a new challenge: Another family, the Harmons, have moved to the island against a bitter Nan Harmon's wishes. Then there is young Hal, Joanna's cousin, who arrives unannounced from California seeking a new life on the island. But the past is not so easily left behind, and the conflicts these newcomers bring with them force the islanders to wrestle with difficult questions of family loyalty, ethics, and the good of the community.
language: English
title: The Day Before Winter
titlecomplete: The Day Before Winter (Joanna Bennett's Island Series, Book 9)
ratings_count: 69
places: Maine
series: Bennett's Island
publisher: Down East Books