Sears Point: A Novel of Cape Cod

by Jim Coogan

Sears Point is a story about change. Set in the town of Brewster on Cape Cod, Washington Foster Sears lives through the transition of his small town from a rural and isolated community so typically described in the early twentieth century novels of Joseph C. Lincoln to the realities and challenges of today's world. Award winning author and former Cape Cod Times columnist Jim Coogan has created in the personality of "Washy" Sears an individual who lives his entire line in the town of his birth. More than just a history of a single town, Sears Point details the history of Cape Cod as it evolved in the twentieth century. The characters in Sears Point experience the First World War, the days of Prohibition, the Depression, World War II, and the mixed blessings that came with the post-war discovery of Cape Cod as a tourist and retirement destination. There is a universal theme that applies to all small towns that encounter social, cultural, and economic changes that are often beyond their control. Washy Sears' century of living on Cape Cod is filled with challenges as both his community and his own personal life must adapt to the inevitable conversions that time brings. How Washy and the Cape Cod town he loves cope with all of these challenges makes for a rich and engaging story line that will make readers nod their heads in recognition of what the passage of a single lifetime can do to a once familiar place.

236 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 22, 2017

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Remembering Brewster,Massachusett. As a born Cape Codder the history and stories of each town are similar yet different. I grew up in Wellfleet, yet a lot of things are the same in each town. The evolution of government and the struggles of the world. Was great to recognize names and places.

[Mary Humes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Couldn't put it down for long

Good read. A good picture of life on the Cape. Wish the author had covered the acquisition of the National Seashore though