Stern Men

by ElizabethGilbert (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2009

  $3.49

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.49

  * John Irving meets Annie Proulx in a magical novel about love and rivalry among the lobster pots*Stern Men is set on two remote islands off the coast of Maine, where for generations the lobstermen have fought territorial wars. Their unlikely saviour is eighteen-year-old Ruth Thomas, a smart, resilient, irredeemably romantic woman who avoids her destiny with a passion that serves only to draw her deeper into it.Ruth is obstinately determined to throw her education overboard and join the 'stern men' who work the lobster boats. She spends her days drifting among the island's eccentric residents: the lovable Mrs Pommeroy and her various deadbeat sons; Senator Simon, determined to make a museum of his arcane mudflat finds; and Simon's twin brother, Angus Addams, the most ruthless lobsterman alive. Only when Ruth meets a silent young Adonis from the rival island, a preternaturally gifted fisherman named Owney Wishnell, does she realize that the lobster walls, and a whole lot else, has got to change.

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $14.01

  On two remote islands off the coast of Maine, the local lobstermen have fought savagely for generations over the fishing rights to the ocean waters between them. Young Ruth Thomas is born into this feud, the daughter of one of the greediest lobstermen in Maine. Eighteen years old, as smart as a whip, and irredeemably unromantic, Ruth returns home from boarding school determined to throw her education overboard and join the 'stern-men'. As the feud escalates, she helps work the lobster boats, brushes up on her profanity, and eventually falls for a handsome young lobsterman. A funny, sparkling novel of unlikely friendships and family ties, Stern Men captures a feisty American spirit through this unforgettable heroine who is destined for greatness despite herself. Stern Men was a New York Times Notable Book.