In that way, she says, people have not changed from the last century. Cell phones have replaced letters and bathing costumes have given way to bikinis, but in the end, people are always kindled by their passions and constrained by circumstances. These things are as constant as the sea, a force and presence in five of Shreve's six novels. I think every single one of my books takes place on the coast of New England, with the exception of Eden Close. The house .
Any old house has a history.
Other women lived there, every person who lived there had a story. Every one of my books is very different. I have no desire to recreate. In the past, it's been a commercial liability. She no longer has to fret about marketability, not since Oprah Winfrey chose The Pilot's Wife to be part of Oprah's Book Club.