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Bennett's Island #7
An Answer in the Tide
The 7th volume in the Bennett's Island saga focuses on Joanna Bennett Sorensen's son Jamie, whose liason with a stranger strains the fabric of the close-knit community.
286 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1978
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About the author
Elisabeth Ogilvie
75 books53 followersElisabeth Ogilvie’s striking evocation of the atmosphere of the Maine seacoast that is the background of The Seasons Hereafter is no accident, for she lived in just such an area for many years, and her love for its people and their way of life has influenced all her novels.
Her activities on Gay’s Island, where she spent most of the year, included writing, gardening, and “trying not to suspect that a bear is at the door, a moose lurking in among the alders, or a horned owl hovering overhead about to bear away the cat.”
She contributed a considerable amount of writing of magazine fiction and children’s books, and is the author of several novels, including There May Be Heaven, The Witch Door, Rowan Head, The Dawning of the Day, Storm Tide, and one book of nonfiction, My World Is an Island.
Her activities on Gay’s Island, where she spent most of the year, included writing, gardening, and “trying not to suspect that a bear is at the door, a moose lurking in among the alders, or a horned owl hovering overhead about to bear away the cat.”
She contributed a considerable amount of writing of magazine fiction and children’s books, and is the author of several novels, including There May Be Heaven, The Witch Door, Rowan Head, The Dawning of the Day, Storm Tide, and one book of nonfiction, My World Is an Island.
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August 6, 2022
Bennett’s Island BK. 7
Jaime Sorensen has been self-contained, quiet, independently self-sufficient all his life. At 25 he runs his own boat by himself not wanting to work with his father, or uncles or cousins. He’s attracted to the new Lobster car manager in Brigport, Bron, a girl who’s naysayed many of the locals and they don’t want a Bennett’s Islander poaching on their turf, and physically make their point. But that doesn’t stop Jaime from moving into her apartment until a threat of lobster wars ends with Bron leaving the islands. Out of the pot and into the fire, Jaime becomes the defender of an abused wife, and actually rents a house for them in Brigport which endangers his life and future. Time for tough love, but also Marm Joanna’s wiles to figure out the backstory and set things right again.
Love the continuing Bennett’s Islanders, their caring for one another and their love of their way of life.
Jaime Sorensen has been self-contained, quiet, independently self-sufficient all his life. At 25 he runs his own boat by himself not wanting to work with his father, or uncles or cousins. He’s attracted to the new Lobster car manager in Brigport, Bron, a girl who’s naysayed many of the locals and they don’t want a Bennett’s Islander poaching on their turf, and physically make their point. But that doesn’t stop Jaime from moving into her apartment until a threat of lobster wars ends with Bron leaving the islands. Out of the pot and into the fire, Jaime becomes the defender of an abused wife, and actually rents a house for them in Brigport which endangers his life and future. Time for tough love, but also Marm Joanna’s wiles to figure out the backstory and set things right again.
Love the continuing Bennett’s Islanders, their caring for one another and their love of their way of life.
November 9, 2020
Plots and characters continue to modernize. The story felt limited to me by being from Johanna’s point of view- she’s watching things unfold for the island, but her own struggle—how to be a parent to grown children—is pushed aside by a somewhat sprawling plot. The pacing is a little strange (central conflict is introduced in the final third of the book), but it’s also nice to return to Joanna’s point of view, to see Owen a little more himself, and catch up with a lot of past characters.
September 4, 2013
# 7 in the Bennett Island series. Not as good as some of her earlier books.
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