{"product_id":"the-ocean-house-stories-paperback","title":"The Ocean House: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary-Beth Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning story cycle from bestselling \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable author, Mary-Beth Hughes, \u003ci\u003eThe Ocean House\u003c\/i\u003e explores the fractured lives of families from a beach town on the Jersey Shore as the consequences of loss pass through generations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaith, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYears later, Faith and her mother, Irene, visit Cece in college. A fresh-faced student with a shaved head and new boyfriend, Cece has become a force of her own. Meanwhile, her grandmother, Irene, is in the early stages of dementia. She slips in and out of clarity, telling lucid tales of her own troubled youth. Faith dismisses her mother's stories as bids for attention. The three generations of women hover between wishful innocence and a more knowing resilience against the cruelty that hidden secrets of the past propel into the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncluding stories from an array of characters orbiting Faith's family, \u003ci\u003eThe Ocean House\u003c\/i\u003e weaves an exquisite world of complicated family tales on the Jersey Shore. In ever-tender and elegant prose, Mary-Beth Hughes masterfully explores the emotional consequences of loss and the saving graces of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary-Beth Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eWavemaker II, \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, and the acclaimed collection \u003ci\u003eDouble Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, which earned a Pushcart Prize. Her latest book, \u003ci\u003eThe Loved Ones, \u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice. Her stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, Ploughshares, Georgia Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn and Rhinebeck, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.11 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767463969056,"sku":"9780802159434","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f886c4fd77c260addb20c7802664b0d7.webp?v=1780311732","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ocean-house-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}