Island Justice: A Novel

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W. Morrow, 1998 - Fiction - 356 pages
A beautifully observed novel in the tradition of Anne Tyler and Alice Hoffman, Island Justice subtly examines our notions of home, with the story of a woman who finds herself being drawn deeper into the complex world of her island home's winter community.

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Author Elizabeth Winthrop grew up in Washington, D. C., and has written over 50 works of fiction for all ages. She has won numerous awards including the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the Pen Syndicated Fiction Award, the California Young Readers Medal and the Jane Addams Peace Prize Honor Book. Many of her children's books are based on her childhood memories and the experiences of her children and other children she has talked to. Her book Belinda's Hurricane is based on the time she lived through a hurricane with her grandmother on an island off the coast of Connecticut. I Think He Likes Me is based on her daughter's reaction to her younger brother when he was brought home from the hospital. Her most popular books are The Castle in the Attic and The Battle for the Castle.

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