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- Location(s): Monterey
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
John Steinbeck’s paean to the Monterey County of his youth, Cannery Row contains an introduction by Susan Shillinglaw in Penguin Modern Classics. In the din and stink that is Cannery Row a colourful blend of misfits – gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists...
- Location(s): Pacific Grove
- Genre(s): Fiction, Magical Realism, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
From the bestselling author of Everything We Keep comes a gripping tale of long-buried secrets, the strength of forgiveness, and the healing power of returning home for good. After a harrowing accident tore her family apart, Molly Brennan fled...
- Location(s): Carmel-by-the-Sea
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1920s
July 1924. Sarah Cunningham, a young Modernist painter, arrives in Carmel-by-the-Sea from Paris to bury her older sister, Ada Belle. En route, she is shocked to learn that Ada Belle’s suspicious death is a suicide. But why kill herself?...
- Location(s): Monterey
- Genre(s): Fiction, Short Stories
- Era(s): 1930s
Each of these delightful interconnected tales is devoted to a family living in a fertile valley on the outskirts of Monterey, California, and the effects that one particular family has on them all. Steinbeck tackles two important literary traditions...