A Gift Upon the Shore

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Ballantine Books, 1990 - Fiction - 375 pages
"Writer Mary Hope and Rachel Morrow, a painter, eke out a meager existence at a farm on the Oregon coast. As they struggle through the Long Winter following the End, as the nuclear disaster is simply called, their desolation is succeeded by a determination to collect and preserve for a new civilization the great books of Western culture. Down the coast is another set of survivors, the Arkites, a fundamentalist group that denies all knowledge not contained in the Bible. Mary marries and briefly joins the Arkites but leaves after the leader calls Rachel a witch. Years later, when plague strikes the Arkites, Mary agrees to take in the few survivors on condition that she be allowed to educate the children as she sees fit. A bitter struggle develops between Mary and a strong-willed young Arkite for the minds of the children, particularly the boy destined to lead the next generation."--

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Section 1
3
Section 2
21
Section 3
28
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About the author (1990)

Martha Kay Renfroe was born in Amarillo, Texas on June 5, 1938. She wrote mystery and science fiction novels under the pen name M. K. Wren. Her books included the Conan Flagg series, the Phoenix Legacy Trilogy, A Gift Upon the Shore, and Nitty Gritties: The Pursuit of the Perfect Manuscript. She was also an artist whose work was shown in galleries and shows. She died on August 20, 2016 at the age of 78.

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