Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea, Paperback/Morgan Callan Rogers

An authentic page turner . Rogersvividly] captures this era of Elvis records and small-town Maine fishing life. Down East In 1963, twelve-year-old Florine Gilham enjoys an idyllic childhood in small-town Maine until her beloved mother vanishes. Untethered and adrift in the wake of her disappearance, Florine finds her once-cherished joys watching her father s lobster boat come into port, baking bread with her grandmother, and causing mischief with the summer folk suddenly ring hollow. When a figure from her father s past comes calling, Florine must find the courage to lay down roots of her own. Set against the gorgeous backdrop of the Maine coast, Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea is an extraordinary snapshot of a bygone America as seen through the eyes of an iconic New England girl. "