A child is saved from the wreck of the Mermaid off Long Island, and the men of the life-saving station take it into their heads to adopt her, to the indignation of Keturah Smiley and the cool indifference of her brother Cap’n John. The girl grows up on that dangerous shore, among the surf, the station crew and the summer visitors.
A coastal novel of family secrets and coming of age, rich in the atmosphere of the South Shore. Download the free EPUB.