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The Story of Land and Sea

The Story of Land and Sea

1st paperback ed

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Publisher's Synopsis

A lyrical and spellbinding story of love, loss, and war from a standout new voice in fiction. Katy Simpson Smith has already been acclaimed as an 'heir apparent to to Michael Ondaatje and Marilynne Robinson'

North Carolina, 1793. When nine-year-old Tab catches yellow fever, her father John steals her onto a boat, hoping the sea air will cure his only child. For comfort, he tells Tab stories about her mother Helen, who died in childbirth.

Two decades earlier, Helen is given a slave girl for her tenth birthday. Moll's arrival is meant to teach Helen discipline but soon the girls are close confidantes, until the arrival of John, a pirate turned soldier. And as the town is threatened in the dying embers of the Revolution, Helen must decide between a life of security on the family plantation and a sea adventure with the man she loves.

About the Publisher

The Borough Press

HarperFiction's brand new imprint, The Borough Press. An imprint name chosen by our Publishing Director Katie Espiner, as Borough is soon to be the new London home of HarperCollinsPublishers. A place that reflects the spirit of our books, and the spirit of the imprint: energetic, modern and passionate - proud of a rich and varied past, and enthusiastic about a thriving present and future.

Book information

ISBN: 9780007564002
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: The Borough Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st paperback ed
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 301
Weight: 232g
Height: 130mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 22mm