St. Barts 2019 #8 - Finally finished my last vacation book - started in the Caribbean, finished in the bitter cold of January in Maine! But it was about Maine, so it's all good. My obsession with the fishing life of coastal Maine islands and the fishing villages continues with the next book on my shelf by Ruth Moore. This was a bit sprawling, and not necessarily in a good way....thought it was going to be all about 16-year-old Jeb and his need to follow in family tradition and live off the sea.....but then it turned into a tale of loss and a struggling mother of 6 trying to hold it together.....no wait, it seems to be about a dysfunctional set of 3 sisters struggling in the family homestead....no....its about the quiet sister who is a talented artist, but has kept it a secret....oh.....no, i think it is about the 16-17 year-old's quest to go to sea.... I probably have made my point.....the setting i loved, the daily Maine coast life i loved, many of the characters i loved (or hated, by design)....but it was a bit too random....I will continue with Moore and read the rest of her work, and of course my Elisabeth Ogilvie, who does it like no one else....but I wished for more than i got here.....still no regrets. ( )