A powerful literary debut inspired by a true story.
In 1898, Alaska is an untamed wilderness with an unforgiving climate. At the tail end of a world-wide depression, thousands of destitute people are drawn north by rumors of easy wealth coming out of the remote claims of the Gold Rush. Many of the pilgrims are unprepared for the hardships that await them and find nothing but a desolate landscape already pillaged of its riches by those who came before.
Hannah Nelson, a beautiful young Englishwoman, is one of the late arrivals. After following her husband to a glacier-wracked fjord in the company of three equally desperate men, she discovers that gold is only one of the desires that can consume a person's soul...
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Heartbroke Bay is a heart-wrenching story of determination. Lynn blew my mind with this book and as I kept reading it, I couldn't help be be touched, especially knowing that this book was inspired by a true story. This book gets 4 1/2 stars, easy.
Penguin Group (USA)
November 2, 2010
320 pages
$15.00 US
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