Mary Peters

Cayman 2026 - #8 - It has been a very long time that i began a normal sized book in the morning and finished it before supper!! But a blustery, rainy day in the Cayman Islands can offer up such an accomplishment...and i did! I am obsessed with Elisabeth Ogilvie and her Maine island (or coastal Maine) books...but i am slowly running out of them. Thought it was time to branch out a bit and do some other books about the Maine Coast...so here i Mary Peters....a 1934 work that tells the rather sad tale of Mary Peters...born on a world traveled schooner her father is captain of in the 1870's and spends all here early years there, somewhat oblivious to life at her original home in Maine. When circumstances change dramatically, she is thrust, show more along with her mother & brother back into 1880's Small coastal village Maine life. We follow her & her family through the years.......full of disappointments and some tragedy.....as she navigates all the changes in the world, especially the end of the sailing ship era.......very much liked the descriptions of coastal village life, and in spite of the mishaps along the way, Mary is an inspiration. A bit dated and predictable at points, but i did not want to stop reading! Really...what else is there!! show less