North Haven
Subtitle: a novel
By: Sarah Moriarty
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781503941519; 9781503941526
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Family secrets; Vacation homes; Brothers and sisters; Fiction
Description: Sarah Moriarty's debut is a portrait of the family scars and faults passed along the generations, brilliantly capturing life on the Maine coastline, where time seems to stand still even as the waters never stop moving. On an island in Maine, four siblings arrive at their sprawling, old summer place for the Fourth of July. It's the Willoughbys' first summer without their parents, and their beloved house is falling apart. When a substantial offer is made on the estate, the two brothers and two sisters are forced to confront issues they had hoped to keep hidden. An homage to the layers and limits of the family bond, North Haven explores the shifting allegiances between siblings as they contend with their inheritance, the truth of family lore, and even the veracity of their own memories.