The Ebbing Tide

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Book Overview

As the battle-fit men of Bennett's Island are called to fight in World War II, many of the other inhabitants head to the mainland as well. The small island community becomes a bit of a ghost town,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892722185
• ISBN13: 9780892722181
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Down East Books
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

enduring love

This third book of the Tide trilogy does not disappoint, as Joanna Bennett faces life on the island without Nils, during WWII. The reader is drawn sympathetically into the loneliness as well as the island's daily dramas. Joanna is a complex character, learning new things about herself all the time, and the reader is never sure if she will maintain faithfulness to the wonderful but long-suffering Nils. A rather different view of the war than is usually given in novels,the island characters prove that no one is safe or immune from the horrors of war, and yet love for the simple island life is heightened because of it. A satisfying read.