Daughters of the Sea

by Ellyn Bache

Daughters of the Sea by Ellyn Bache released on Sep 27, 2005 is available now for purchase.

304 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

Ellyn Bache is the author of nine novels, including Safe Passage, which was made into a movie starring Susan Sarandon, and The Art of Saying Goodbye, which was chosen as an “Okra Pick” by the Southeastern Independent Booksellers Alliance. She began her career writing short stories for women’s magazines like McCall’s and Good Housekeeping, some of which have recently been collected in Kaleidoscope: 20 Stories Celebrating Women’s Magazine Fiction. She has also published dozens of literary stories, including those which appeared in a collection that won the Willa Cather Fiction Prize. After many years living in Wilmington, NC, she moved to Greenville, SC, a lovely city but much too far from the ocean. Visit her at www.ellynbache.com

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

10/11/05 #178
TITLE/AUTHOR: DAUGHTERS OF THE SEA by Ellyn Bache
Rating: 4/B
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Women's Fiction, 2005, 291 pgs
COMMENTS: Veronica's life w/ her husband Guy has been 20
yrs of moving along the coast from GA to VA. Their daughter, Simpson has never spent an entire year in one school until her senior yr. Veronica is tired of all the moving and travels to Whisper Mountain w/ her daughter. They live w/ Ernie, an older woman she spent time w/ as a young girl.

[Louise · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an okay read.

From back cover:

"When Veronica married Guy, she didn't know it would mean more than twenty years of constant change, a new home every year in a different coastal town. Finally, she'd had enough, and fled with her teenage daughter to Whisper Mountain, to the home of her oldest friend. What she found there was a new life, a shifting from sea tides to hidden mountain springs, which renewed her, but also tested the courage of all three women."

[Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved reading about NC coastal towns, and the plot that involved three generations of women and their interactions and growth was done well; Bache didn't overwhelm the reader with detail and background but developed the characters enough to make them memorable and not stereotypical. Not intended to be cliche, but it's my first "beach read" in awhile.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found some of this book difficult to read...(in reference to the treatment of animals)

[Amy Bird · Rating 1 out of 5]

got bored, didn't even finish it

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a dark, melancholy read. It was hard for me to read in several places (high kill animal shelter, painful dying, etc). Well written, but very dark.