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The face of the waters / Robert Silverberg

by Robert Silverberg

A young bride from South Carolina arrives at her husband's family estate on the Maine coast as an outsider. Over several decades, she navigates the complex social dynamics and personal challenges of life within the aristocratic summer colony.

Accession 15973 ISBN 0553075926 Publisher Bantam Press
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