The Dawning of the Day (Lovers Trilogy/Elisabeth Ogilvie)

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892724641
• ISBN13: 9780892724642
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Down East Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.1"

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.