That Camden summer
By: LaVyrle Spencer.
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780399141201
Subjects: Women -- Maine -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.; Divorced mothers -- Maine -- Fiction.; Maine -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In 1916, Roberta Jewett and her three daughters return to her family home in Camden, Maine. Because she has divorced her husband, the townsfolk quickly reject Roberta. Her outspoken manner adds further fuel to their disapproval, and when she develops a close friendship with Gabe, a widowed contractor, the people of Camden are outraged.