The Dawning of the Day

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Book Overview

The first title in Elizabeth Ogilvies' Lover's Trilogy, The Dawning of the Day follows war widow Philippa Marshall as she carves a life out for herself as a school teacher on rugged Bennett's Island.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B002NE2900
• Release Date: January 1954
• Publisher: Peoples Book Club
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A lovely Bennett's Island tale.

This is a lovely story of World War II widow Phillipa who travels to Bennett's Island to work as a teacher. Leaving behind her own young son, she focuses on reaching the students living on an isolated island off the coast of Maine. There, Phillipa confronts prejudice against a handicapped child, as well as learning things about herself. Along with Ogilvie's usual wonderful descriptions of life on an island in the years following the war, the reader also gets a warm and simple love story of two lonely, independent people. As usual with Ogilvie's writings, there is a twist at the end and the seeming tranquility of island living really hides intense passions. A wonderful book I have read several times.