NATIONAL BESTSELLER Propulsive . . . An absorbing look at smalltown Maine and the thwarted dreams of a family trying to transcend it.Lee Cole, The New York Times (Editors Choice)I tore through the saga of the Thatch family in two nights. The Midcoast is a readers dreamtense, ominous, and deeply wise.David Benioff, cocreator of Game of ThronesFinalist for the New England Society Book Award A CrimeReads Best Book of the YearIts spring in the tiny town of Damariscotta, a tourist haven on the coast of Maine known for its oysters and antiques. Andrew, a high school English teacher recently returned to the area, has brought his family to Ed and Steph Thatchs sprawling riverside estate to attend a reception for the Amherst womens lacrosse team. Back when they were all teenagers, Andrew never could have predicted that Ed, descended from a long line of lobstermen, or Steph, a decent student until she dropped out to start a family, would ever send a daughter to a place like Amherst. But so the tides have turned, and Andrews trying hard to admire, more than envy, the view from Eds rolling backyard meadow.As Andrew wanders through the Thatches house, hestumbles upon a file hes not supposed to see photos of a torched body in a burnedoutsedan. And when a line of state police cruisers crashes the Thatches reception an hour later, Andrew and his neighbors finally begin to see the truth behind Ed and Stephs remarkable rise. Soon the newspapers are running headlines about the Thatches, and...

Binding: Paperback;352 pages; Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Classification: FF; Weight: 388 g; Dimensions: 131 x 203 x 23

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