| Description |
1 online resource (285 pages) |
| Contents |
Prologue; Part I: Nana's Soldier; One: Stardust Melody; Two: Men in Uniform; Three: At First Sight; Four: Surrender; Five: Foreign Correspondence; Six: Out of the Blue; Part II: Feet Planted, Sand Caving; Seven: Over the Threshold; Eight: Hidden Voices; Nine: Farewell; Part III: The Roaring Wave; Ten: Counting the Days; Eleven: A Rising Wind; Twelve: Blow the House Down; Thirteen: Nightwatch; Fourteen: An Outside Hand; Part IV: Heavy Weather Blues; Fifteen: Heart's Destination; Sixteen: Journey of Return; Seventeen: Hold Me Tight; Eighteen: Double Play; Nineteen: Never Let Me Go |
| Summary |
Set along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the stories of three women and the men they love come together in this novel of war and hurricanes, loss and renewal. The worlds of three women and the men they love come together in this novel of war and hurricanes, loss and renewal. Christiane, or Nana, reliving the past in her eighties, her granddaughter Angela, working at a Biloxi casino in her twenties, and their teenage friend Cam, the daughter of a Vietnamese shrimper, form a deep connection. As they face heartbreak, their bonds nurture and sustain them. Ordinary people impacted by the s |
| Notes |
Twenty: From the SeaAcknowledgments |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hurricanes -- Fiction
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Hurricanes
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817387532 |
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0817387536 |
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9780817318307 |
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0817318305 |
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