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and page-turning storytelling

The novels highlight Shreve's ability to illuminate women's lives across different eras and share a delightful detail: they are all set in the same coastal New England home

and other iconic American wildlands exist in the mind's eye as Ansel Adams photographs

Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto

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