The Dawning of the Day

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Book Overview

The first title in Elizabeth Ogilvies' Lover's Trilogy, The Dawning of the Day follows widow Philippa Marshall as she makes a life for herself as a schoolteacher on rugged Bennett's Island. As she... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892724641
• ISBN13: 9780892724642
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Down East Books
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A lovely Bennett's Island tale.

This is a lovely story of World War II widow Phillipa who travels to Bennett's Island to work as a teacher. Leaving behind her own young son, she focuses on reaching the students living on an isolated island off the coast of Maine. There, Phillipa confronts prejudice against a handicapped child, as well as learning things about herself. Along with Ogilvie's usual wonderful descriptions of life on an island in the years following the war, the reader also gets a warm and simple love story of two lonely, independent people. As usual with Ogilvie's writings, there is a twist at the end and the seeming tranquility of island living really hides intense passions. A wonderful book I have read several times.