Sea Glass Guide: The Ultimate Sea Glass Hunting Companion

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McDermott cared about people and when the little mill boy, Francis' mother dies, he takes him under his wing. He is very caring and I kept wishing that Honora and he were married instead. Even if I hadn't been drawn to this book on a personal level, I would have enjoyed it. Shreve weaves a story about a newly married couple (Honora and Sexton) and the many people who touch their lives - from the wealthy heiress who owns a grand beach house down the shore from their rundown cottage, to the lives and struggles of Sexton's co-workers. It is about love, personal frailty, friendship, flaws...and so much more. And, topping it all off, sea glass! Beautiful, tumbled, thrown about, surviving - as do we.

Vivian, a friend that Honora met on the beach was smart, sassy and wise. Vivian can see a way to the future and she valued friendship as it should be. Throughout the story, Honora walked the beach looking for smooth sea glass. She imagined that different colors of glass represented the various people she knew. The sea glass was bounced around by the waves like Honora was challenged by life. But they both ended up beautiful and unbreakable. No matter what day of the year you choose to stroll along the beautiful beaches of Seaham, you’re certain to spot at least one or two people doing the ‘sea glass stoop’ along the beautiful beaches of Seaham. The working conditions at the mill were terrible, and the mill owners decided to reduce the meager wages they were paying. The men started to organize into a union, and Sexton and Honora were swept up in the effort. The story is told in chapters from the views of five characters. There were also letters from Honora's mother, Alice, advising her how to maintain a household on a small amount of money, and offering warm motherly support.Although I always find Anita Shreve's novels somewhat depressing, there's no denying that she produces extremely well-written and, in this and many other instances, mesmerizing stories. The year is 1929 as Honora and Sexton Beecher begin their life together as husband and wife. The home Sexton sets out to buy is somewhat beyond his means, but through a clever deception, he manages to secure a mortgage for the home, which is situated directly on the beach of a small New England town. In the town itself, Ely Falls, most of the residents work at the town's clothing mills and live very menial, hard-working lives. Initially, Sexton sees himself above these people and, as a typewriter and business-machines salesman, he does, indeed, earn a better living than the mill workers. It is not long before Honora senses her husband's deceit and by Christmas of that year, all their dreams come crashing down on them. As the entire country is falling on bad times, the bank calls in the Beecher's home loan and Sexton loses his job. His deceit is discovered and, suddenly, he is relegated to taking a job at the mill, something upon which he'd looked down his nose only 6 short months ago. Collecting sea glass is just one of many events and activities to enjoy along the Durham Coast.With so much to explore,extend your visitand book a seaside stay in one of the county's many award-winning hotels, bed and breakfasts or carvan parks.

When I spoke, you held a mirror in front of my face. When I cried, you bought yourself tissues for your tears. My voice was muffled. Your voice was clear. My sobs were hushed. Your sobs were deafening. I will hear your voice until I take my last breath. It was the only voice I heard in the depths of the night. In the wake of my sorrows. Your voice. Your hurt. Always yours, never mine.”The heroine of this book, Honora, is a wonderful character. we meet her as she embarks on a new marriage to a slightly swarmy typewriter salesman in the pre-depression 20's in a small coastal town in NH. The depression hits, and her quiet, muted efficiency as a housewife becomes a beacon of stability and honor as the people around her become involved in labor strikes and violence. She collects pieces of sea glass from the beach - ones that have been worn smooth from their time in the ocean, but...more The heroine of this book, Honora, is a wonderful character. we meet her as she embarks on a new marriage to a slightly swarmy typewriter salesman in the pre-depression 20's in a small coastal town in NH. The depression hits, and her quiet, muted efficiency as a housewife becomes a beacon of stability and honor as the people around her become involved in labor strikes and violence. She collects pieces of sea glass from the beach - ones that have been worn smooth from their time in the ocean, but that have become so strong they never break, and that glass becomes the metaphor for Honora in the maelstrom of the times. Told from the rotating perspective of 5 different characters. Written in a quiet and muted literary style that matches Honora's key attributes, yet the novel becomes This book is the reason that whenever I walk on the beach, I am walking stooped along the shore, searching for little bits of beach glass in the sand. So far I have collected two bowlfuls. I don't have a big white platter like Honora does in this book, but a bowl full of beach glass is very satisfying to run your hands through (don't worry, it is so dulled by the sand and the waves that it's smooth and curved, not sharp anymore) . . . And although so far I've mostly found green, white, and brown, little Gabrielle (maybe because of how short she is and consequently how much closer to the ground) just this week found a lavender one with starbursts on it . . . SCORE! I also found absolutely fascinating the descriptions of Sea Glass, those colourful shards of glass smoothed by the sea that one sometimes comes across on beaches. Anita Shreve cleverly uses Honora’s collection of these shards as a link throughout.