Title: San Miguel
Description: The lives of three women on turn-of-the-20th-century San Miguel are shaped by ambition and circumstance, including the wife of a Civil War veteran who hopes to recover her health, her rebellious aspiring actress daughter and a librarian who wonders if the island's peace will endure in the face of looming war.
Subjects: Fiction, Sheep ranches, NEW LIST 20121130, Self-reliance, Amerikanisches Englisch, Family life, Ranch life, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, family life, Fiction, historical, general, California, fiction
Places: San Miguel Island (Calif.)
People: Waters family, Lester family