Blogs in January 1970

Maine 1st January 1970

The Kelleher clan’s beachfront holiday house creaks under a weight of secrets. It’s a place where cocktails follow morning mass, children eavesdrop, and ancient grudges fester. One summer, three generations of Kelleher women descend on the shore. Kathleen, finally...

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Loss of Innocence (Martha’s Vineyard 2) 1st January 1970

June, 1968. America is in a state of turbulence, engulfed in civil unrest and uncertainty. Yet for Whitney Dane – spending the summer of her twenty-second year on Martha’s Vineyard – life could not be safer, nor the future...

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On the Road 1st January 1970

The two main characters of the book are the narrator, Salvatore “Sal” Paradise, and his new friend Dean Moriarty, much admired for his carefree attitude and sense for adventure, a free-spirited maverick eager to explore all kicks and an...

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Those Who Save Us 1st January 1970

‘Impossible’ Max breathes. ‘This is impossible.’ Anna bends to put her lips to his ear ‘No, it’s not’ she whispers. ‘I know where to hide you. I have the perfect place.’ For fifty years Anna Schlemmer has refused to...

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Slant of Light 1st January 1970

With the nation moving toward Civil War, James Turner, a charming, impulsive writer and lecturer, Charlotte, his down-to-earth bride, and Henry Cabot, an idealistic Harvard-educated abolitionist are drawn together in a social experiment deep in the Missouri Ozarks. Inspired...

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