Wylie's Harbor: A Novel of Coastal Maine

By Glennis James

Wylie's Harbor tells the story of a small fishing town on the coast of Maine and the intertwining lives of its people. Some of these people include:Gerry - a young lobsterman who ponders his unraveling life while carrying on an illicit affair on an island just offshore;Bertha - a shop owner and foster caregiver whose air of sturdy reliability conceals an immense secret;Maggie - a community activist driven by unhealed and unhealable anger;Jack - once the heartthrob of the town, now a shattered vagrant.Swirling around these lives are those of a host of other memorable characters: aging and devout Viola, grieving Dr. Hoff, vagabond Lizzie and innocent Sally, the bohemian pair Mary and Gretchen, and the colorful and magical visitors "from away," Lance and the New York boys. Taken together, these characters - and many more - weave a tale that jumps nimbly back and forth in time, examining motherhood and family, secrets and memory, exile and belonging, in a way that is incisive and unsentimental, yet always warm, generous, and humane.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1453748776
• ISBN13: 9781453748770
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"