At a turn-of-the-century coastal resort in New Hampshire, 15-year-old Olympia Biddeford is drawn into an intense love affair with a much older man, John Haskell, a married physician and activist, which has profound and long-reaching repercussions upon everyone around them. Simultaneous.
In the summer of 1899, 15-year-old Olympia Biddeford visits the New Hampshire coast with her wealthy Boston family. Spirited and bright, she soon befriends her father's colleague, Dr. John Haskell, a talented writer, respected physician, and enthusiastic philanthropist. Olympia's summer of awakenings--both intellectual and ******--turns bleak when her love affair with the good doctor, who is a married father of four and 26 years Olympia's senior, is uncovered.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Romance, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Historical Romance, Conflicts + Dualities, Literary, Society + Social Issues, Settings, Types of Characters, Love + Relationships + Sex
- Publisher: Back Bay Books
- Pages: 1291
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: January 2, 2001
- Date Published: January 2, 2001
- Author: Anita Shreve