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Ocean HouseMary-Beth Hughes

Ocean House

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Faith, a mother of two young children, Cece and Connor, is in need of summer childcare. As a member of a staid old beach club in her town and a self-made business consultant, she is appalled when her brother-in-law sends her an unruly, ill-mannered teenager named Lee-Ann who appears more like a wayward child than competent help. What begins as a promising start to a redemptive relationship between the two ends in a tragedy that lands Faith in a treatment facility, leveled by trauma. Years later, Faith and her mother, Irene, visit Cece in college. A fresh-faced student with a shaved head and…

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Editions

3 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2021
    The ocean house
    Atlantic Monthly Press · 9780802157546
  • Other · English · 2022
    Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9780802159434
  • Other · English · 2021
    Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 208 pages · 9780802157539
Fiction, short stories (single author)