内容简介
The awonderful first novel about life, love, and lobster fishinga ("USA Today") from the #1 bestselling writer In 2000, Elizabeth Gilbertas "Stern Men" debuted to phenomenal critical attention. Now, Penguin is publishing a new edition of Gilbertas wise and charming novel for the millions of readers who devoured "Eat, Pray, Love" and remain hungry for more. Off the coast of Maine, Ruth Thomas is born into a feud fought for generations by two groups of local lobstermen over fishing rights for the waters that lie between their respective islands. At eighteen, she has returned from boarding schoolasmart as a whip, feisty, and irredeemably unromanticadetermined to throw over her education and join the astern menaworking the lobster boats. Gilbert utterly captures the American spirit through an unforgettable heroine who is destined for greatnessaand loveadespite herself.