02854cam a2200361 4500 91591136 TxAuBib 20050819120000.0 020419s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002066612 9780345450715 alk. paper 034545071X alk. paper (OCoLC)49672037 TxAuBib Hannah, Kristin. Distant shores [Print] / Kristin Hannah. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2002. 342 p. ; 25 cm. In her remarkable New York Times bestseller, Summer Island , Kristin Hannah struck a chord in readers and critics alike with her portrayal of the bittersweet reunion between an errant mother and her unforgiving daughter. Now Hannah once again reveals the fragile ties that bind a family in transition, as two people choose to escape the limits of their ordinary lives and reach for the extraordinary promise that lies on Distant Shores . Elizabeth and Jackson Shore married young, raised two daughters, and weathered the storms of youth as they built a future together. But after the children leave home, they quietly drift apart. When Jack accepts a wonderful new job offer, Elizabeth puts her needs aside to follow him across the country. Until the sudden death of her father changes everything. Grieving and alone, she retreats to an isolated beach house where she packs away the last remnants of her parents’ lives. There, the pieces of a past she never knew unfold to reveal a tender story of lasting devotion, the kind of steadfast commitment that Elizabeth admits is missing from her own marriage. Faced with her own disillusionment, she makes a terrifying decision, risking everything she has for a second chance at happiness. Enriched by soul-stirring emotion and an appreciation for the simple joy of everyday miracles, Distant Shores is an exquisite reminder of the most precious gifts in friends and family, children and lovers, the strength to change, and the courage to forgive–all flawlessly captured by the graceful hands of Kristin Hannah. 20050819. Married women Fiction. Inheritance and succession Fiction. Middle-aged women Fiction. Fathers Death Fiction. Solitude Fiction. Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random054/2002066612.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random043/2002066612.html Sample text https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random049/2002066612.html Publisher description TXTLL