Ceiling of Amber

The Young Bennetts #4

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Clarie Tanner was convinced that she and her brother, Brian, should carry on their father's lobster business, although she was aware that Bennett Islanders opposed winter lobstering for a 19-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy. Once Clarie made up her mind to do something, she was sure she could sweep everybody else along.

If her decision to return to Bennett's Island after her father's death was involved with the ache Paul Ryder had left in her heart, she wouldn't admit it, even to herself. Only Ross Bennett knew about her feelings for Paul, and advice from Ross, who seemed to be continually riding herd on herself and Brian, was the last thing Clarie wanted.

But as the icy days of winter brought new problems to the Tanner family, and near disaster to the Tanner boat, Clarie worried. Maybe it was too much for her to handle.

This spirited new teenage romance of Bennett Island is fresh with the salty atmosphere of Maine.

175 pages

First published January 1, 1964

About the author

Elisabeth 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.