Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea

An authentic page turner. Rogers [vividly] captures this era of Elvis records and small-town Maine fishing life. Down EastIn 1963 twelve-year-old Florine Gilham enjoys an idyllic childhood in small-town Maineuntil her beloved mother vanishes. Untethered and adrift in the wake of her disappearance Florine finds her once-cherished joyswatching her fathers lobster boat come into port baking bread with her grandmother and causing mischief with the summer folksuddenly ring hollow. When a figure from her fathers past comes calling Florine must find the courage to lay down roots of her own. Set against the gorgeous backdrop of the Maine coast Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea is an extraordinary snapshot of a bygone America as seen through the eyes of an iconic New England girl.