To the New Owners: A Martha's Vineyard Memoir

by Madeleine Blais

Book Overview

In the 1970s, Madeleine Blais's in-laws purchased a vacation house on Martha's Vineyard for the exorbitant sum of $80,000. A little more than two miles down a poorly marked one-lane dirt road, the house was better termed a shack--it had no electricity or modern plumbing, the roof leaked, and mice had invaded the walls. It was perfect. Sitting on Tisbury Great Pond--well-stocked with oysters and crab for foraged dinners--the house faced the ocean and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080212657X
• ISBN13: 9780802126573
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"