Annotation
In 1888, Marantha Waters moves to the desolate isle of San Miguel Island off Southern Californias coast with her Civil War veteran husband, who does everything he can to keep their aspiring-actress daughter from slipping off to the mainland. In 1930, New York City librarian Elise Lester and her gung-ho World War I veteran husband settle on San Miguel, also looking for peace. Sharp moral conundrum in a distinctive setting; with an eight-city tour.
Characters
| Name | Waters, Marantha |
| Gender | Female |
| Traits | Married |
| Adoptive mother | |
| Name | Lester, Elise |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Librarian |
| Traits | Married |
| Mother | |
| Genre | Fiction Historical Domestic Saga |
| Topics | Women's lives Family relationships Island life Ranch life Isolation Hardship Adopted children Fathers and daughters Rebellion Teenage girls War veterans Great Depression World War I veterans |
| Setting | California Island |