The Human Shore

About the Book

The riveting account of a woman and her three children caught in the vicious grip of a New England hurricane. The house that Nona believes she loves more than her husband is swept away—she survives clinging to a fragment of flooring, hurled by the waves across the bay.

About the Author

Harvena Richter has written fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and journalism, taught creative writing at the University of New Mexico, and worked several years for a summer newspaper in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, where she gathered the materials for The Human Shore