Sea Glass [Paperback] Shreve, Anita

A young bride arrives at a New Hampshire coastal estate in 1929, stepping into a marriage already shadowed by her new husband's drinking and the stock market's looming collapse. As the Depression tightens its grip, she finds herself drawn to the lives unraveling around her — mill workers on strike, a household fracturing under financial strain, and secrets washing up like the sea glass she collects on the beach. Shreve crafts a quiet, devastating portrait of a woman discovering her own strength while everything else falls apart. The prose is restrained but precise, catching light the way glass does when tumbled by waves. For readers who loved *The Paris Wife* or appreciate historical fiction that focuses on interior lives rather than grand gestures. Shreve knows how to make you feel the weight of what's left unsaid.