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The Silver Boat: A Novel [Hardcover]

Luanne Rice
2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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Book Description

April 5, 2011
Bestseller Luanne Rice returns with a novel as timeless as the sea on which it's set.

From the beloved New York Times bestselling Luanne Rice comes a heartwarming yet heart-wrenching portrait of three far-flung sisters who come home to Martha's Vineyard one last time. Their mother's beach house is the only place any of them ever found true happiness and they need to begin the difficult process of letting go. Memories of their grandmother, mother, and their Irish father, who sailed away the year Dar turned twelve, rise up and expose the fine cracks in their family myth-especially when a cache of old letters reveals enough truth to send them back to their ancestral homeland.

Transplanted into the unfamiliar, each sister sees life, her heart, and her relationship to home in a new way. But how do they let go of a place that contains the complicated love of their imperfect family? Without the house, where will they be together?

The novel is a season on Martha's Vineyard; a mission to Ireland; a cast of friends, including one wildly off-the-grid Zen genius; passionate love in the surf; and three very different sisters with lives filled with beauty, sorrow, and deep love they'd never been quite sure they could trust. The Silver Boat is Luanne Rice at her very best, complete with her singular talent for capturing a family in all its flawed complexity.


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Dar McCarthy is expecting her sisters, Delia and Rory, to join her in Martha�s Vineyard for a final visit to the family home before it has to be sold for taxes. Each of the sisters has taken a different path, and Dar is the only one remaining on the island. The house has been in the family for generations, and as the sisters reunite to pack up mementos, they broach the one subject that has haunted them, the disappearance of their father when they were young. Michael was an Irish immigrant shipbuilder, while their mother came from a prestigious New England family. Michael always maintained that his family had a land grant from the king of England on Martha�s Vineyard. Driven by the need to prove his worth, he sailed to Ireland to look for the original deed. After unearthing love letters between her parents, Dar and her sisters go to Ireland on their own quest. Popular Rice, in her mellifluous style, captures the essence of family and sisterhood as each character deals with love and loss. --Patty Engelmann

About the Author

Luanne Rice is the author of twenty-six novels. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books; First Edition edition (April 5, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0670022500
  • ISBN-13: 978-0670022502
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #496,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

LUANNE RICE is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty novels, most recently LITTLE NIGHT, on sale June 5, 2012. THE SILVER BOAT will be out in trade paperback May 29, 2012. Her novels, including Cloud Nine and Last Kiss often center on love, family, nature and the sea, and have been translated into twenty-four languages. A number of Rice's novels have been adapted for television, including Crazy in Love for TNT, Blue Moon for CBS, the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentations of Follow the Stars Home and Silver Bells, and Beach Girls as a summer drama series for Lifetime Television. She has contributed a theatrical piece to the new off Broadway play Motherhood Out Loud. Rice loves nature and frequently writes about it. Born in New Britain, Connecticut, Rice divides her time between New York City and Southern California.

Customer Reviews

Trite, poor or no character development, and story not very well thought out. L. Patrick  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
I normally NEVER quit reading a book once I've started, but I'm making an exception in this case. Catherine R. Clyborne  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
Luanne Rice's novel Silver Boat was a pleasure to read. Lena Kovadlo  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
19 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Luanne Rice Winner! April 8, 2011
By Barva
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Time after time, novel after novel, Luanne Rice proves that she knows how to write about families in all shapes and sizes. Her newest is no exception. The McCarthy sisters and their families and their stories spring to life in The Silver Boat. One warning - the book is addictive and once I started it, I had trouble stopping.
I highly recommend this book as a great read. Enjoy! I sure did.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars disapointed April 14, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have always been a fan of Luanne Rice but I must say I was just plain bored and disapointed by this new book.The author focused more on Dar's cartoon charactor than developing the actual charactors of the story.I am sad to say the story was also very predictable. No depth here.This book left me cold.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars sparkles1 June 7, 2011
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Disjointed writing. Characters were not fully developed. Read more like an outline of a story than a novel. Had potential for a good story but skirted the story for unrelated trivia that detracted. Was disappointed.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars Not up to par with her other books
I love Luanne Rice. If I didn't see her name on the cover of the book, I would not have thought this was one of her novels. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Pat Lindemann
3.0 out of 5 stars The Silver Boat by Luanne Rice
The book is okay. Not drawing me back to it. I am about 60% finished and don't have an overwhelming urge to pick it up. It was confusing who the characters are. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Karen
2.0 out of 5 stars Sadly lacking
I usually enjoy Luanne Rice's novels, this one was disappointing. There was a good concept, but the delivery left a lot to be desired. Read more
Published 5 months ago by msylvia
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Story
The story itself was very good but I believe it could have been written better. Things just fell into place a little too easy.
Published 5 months ago by H. A. -
3.0 out of 5 stars A Worthy Story
This is my first book, by Luann Rice. It was a worthy story, but there was wayyyy too many "he said", and "she said's " to follow who was saying what. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Babs
4.0 out of 5 stars The Silver Biat
I gave this purchase 4 stars because I have to wait a couple of weeks to get it. I am looking forward to reading this particular book!!!
Published 9 months ago by Disappointed
2.0 out of 5 stars unbelievable plot
The reader is supposed to believe that a husband and doting father sails off to Ireland, calls when he arrives, then doesn't contact his family again to say he found what he was... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Kathie K. Marynik
1.0 out of 5 stars Kindle Edition
$18.99 for the Kindle edition?? This book will be on my wish list for a long time. Why are these prices going to high?
Published 11 months ago by Lisa R.
4.0 out of 5 stars Visit Martha's Vineyard and Ireland in 289 pages!
I think my favorite part of this book was how well Luanne Rice writes descriptions of places and scenery. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Linda Morgan
5.0 out of 5 stars A pleasure to read...
Luanne Rice's novel Silver Boat was a pleasure to read. It was moving, and fun and very enjoyable. I would recommend this book to others. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Lena Kovadlo
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