Reviewed by Kim The Lost Sisterhood is a tale of two women separated by thousands of years. In the present day we have Oxford professor Diana, who much to the chagrin of her friends and colleagues is a trifle obsessed with the legend of the Amazons. This is due to her grandmother who not only…
Reviewed by Chris An engrossing biography of one of the most powerful American politicians of the 20th century. Despite never holding elected office, Moses weilded absolute power over urban planning and development in New York City from the 1920s – 1960s. Caro’s in-depth research into his subject gives the reader the context and facts necessary…
Reviewed by Rachel Fast Food Nation, a journalistic exploration into fast food – or what author Eric Schlosser terms the “dark side of the all-american meal” – turned 13 this year… and its age is showing. There’s no doubt in my mind that the book was a first of its kind, or that the information…
About Orphan Train: “Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by pure luck. Would they be adopted by a kind and loving family, or would they face a childhood and…
Reviewed by Drew Let’s face it, magic schools where callow youth learn to be wizards and accidentally end up saving the world a few times are the bacon of fantasy literature – delicious but overused. We’ve Potter’d around Hogwarts, can Kwothe the University’s motto by heart, and have sampled the Coldwater showers at Brakebills Academy…
“The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are considered the “Oscars” of the comics world. Named for the pioneering comics creator and graphic novelist Will Eisner, the awards are given out in more than two dozen categories during a ceremony each year at Comic-Con International: San Diego.” [X] If you have a minute (or four) to…
Fiction: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt “A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend’s family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he…
As someone who loves the swashbuckling fiction of authors like Alexander Dumas, Rafael Sabatini and Arturo Pérez-Reverte it seemed like reading a non-fiction work on war in the period the books are set in would be a good idea. That is what brought me to Lauro Martines’ Furies: War in Europe, 1450-1700. The book came…
Books in Hand: What the library’s staff is reading or has just finished. The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro Synopsis: “The story of Robert Moses, who shaped the politics, the physical structure and even the problems of urban decline in New York.” Here it is in the catalog More about the book: The New…
For a printable version of the complete booklist: Revolutionary: Traitors & Spies
Under the Wide and Starry Sky is dual historical fiction biography of Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Osbourne. The story begins with Fanny arriving in Antwerp with her children fleeing her philandering husband in America. A lot of time is spent with Fanny before Stevenson is introduced in chapter ten jumping through a window in…
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. The award was established with a grant given by Sir Arthur C. Clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987 to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. [Source] God’s War by Kameron…
For a printable version of this booklist: WWI: 100th Anniversary
Reviewed by Kim Five boys and their scoutmaster set off for a small Canadian island for some bonding, etc. Everything is going well until “Typhoid Tom” as he comes to be known comes ashore and events quickly spiral out of control. I bought The Troop because of all the positive feedback and I had already heard…
Reviewed by Kim I hate to say this but Concealed in Death was the first book in the series I didn’t buy, but instead borrowed from my library. After reading it I feel I made the right choice. The last few books seem to be a little off to me, whether they’re things like the…
Wednesday, March 12th at 7:00 PM The Dordogne is a particularly beautiful part of southwestern France, named for the river that meanders westward through it to the Atlantic Ocean. It’s known for its many chateaux, brooding over bends in the river, and charming medieval and renaissance towns like Bergerac, Cahors, and Sarlat, and the dramatic…
Reviewed by Kim This debut novel is not due out until June 17th, but I was fortunate to have won an ARC (advanced readers’ copy) in a Goodreads contest. The Quick is about the Norbury siblings, James and Charlotte and takes place mostly during 1892. When James graduates from Oxford he sets out for London…
Publisher’s summary Leila Meacham’s Somerset: One hundred fifty years of Roses‘ Tolivers, Warwicks, and DuMonts! We begin in the antebellum South on Plantation Alley in South Carolina, where Silas Toliver, deprived of his inheritance, joins up with his best friend Jeremy Warwick to plan a wagon train expedition to the “black waxy” promise of a…
Reviewed by Kim Christopher Golden hasn’t written a horror novel for quite awhile, but he certainly hasn’t lost the knack for it. If you haven’t read Snowbound yet, don’t go into it expecting immediate action. This is the type of horror story that slowly and suspensefully builds to a crescendo. It starts with what happened…
Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader. [Source] Fiction Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Claire of…
These new paperbacks, and several more, will be available for checkout throughout February. Keep an eye on our shelves! Night Owls – Lauren Roy “Night Owls bookstore is the one spot on campus open late enough to help out even the most practiced slacker. The employees’ penchant for fighting the evil creatures of the night…
“The National Book Critics Circle awards are given each March and honor the best literature published in the United States in six categories—autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. These are the only national literary awards chosen by critics themselves.” [Source] FICTION Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah Alice McDermott, Someone Javier Marias, The Infatuations Ruth Ozeki,…
Saturday, January 25th at 11:00 am Ellen Bomerth of Danvers navigated her breast cancer journey with enough industry-savvy and know-how to maintain a job and much quality of life all through her treatment. Join us to learn more about her experience as she discusses her book How to Survive a Year of Breast Cancer Treatments:…
About the book: Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret—something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while…
Wednesday, January 15th – 7:00 pm Join us for an evening with Anthony Sammarco, author of A History of Howard Johnson’s. Howard Johnson created an orange-roofed empire of ice cream stands and restaurants that stretched from Maine to Florida and all the way to the West Coast. Popularly known as the “Father of the Franchise…
Like many people, my to-read pile of books sets on my dresser next to my bed (unlike most people, I hope, the finished books are on a pile on the floor next to my bed) and seems to be growing faster than I can read. In this pile are a wide range of things: fantasy,…
Reviewed by Kim Quiet little Brewster Rhode Island is suddenly beset with strange happenings. A newborn is replaced with a large red and yellow snake at the hospital, a large number of coyotes have infiltrated the town, a local plumber has taken to growling at everyone, and then bodies start showing up. Is the supernatural…
Saturday, December 14th at 1:00 pm A Victorian Christmas music program, with excerpts from Dickens’ various Christmas stories, using period American and British music. Songs and instrumentals performed live by the husband-and-wife team of Jim and Maggi Dalton, in costume, and with period appropriate instruments and style. Family-friendly and full of fun! Jim Dalton and…
The Silk Road, that myriad of trade routes crisscrossing Asia in the middle ages, has always held a certain fascination for me. The imagery alone is spellbinding: trackless deserts, vast mountain ranges and endless steppe and in this massive space, caravans of camels and yaks carrying the luxury goods across centuries. That’s what first drew…
About the book: “Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat diner in Plainview, Indiana is home away from home for Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean. Dubbed “The Supremes” by high school pals in the tumultuous 1960s, they’ve weathered life’s storms for over four decades and counseled one another through marriage and children, happiness and the blues. Now, however, they’re about…
About the book: It’s been a decade since the Delongpre family vanished near Bayou Rabineaux, and still no one can explain the events of that dark and sweltering night. No one except Niquette Delongpre, the survivor who ran away from the mangled stretch of guardrail on Highway 22 where the impossible occurred…and kept on running.…
About the book: When James and Bob meet, they forge a never-to-be-forgotten friendship that has been charming readers from Thailand to Turkey. A Street Cat Named Bob is an international sensation, landing on the bestseller list in England for 52 consecutive weeks and selling in 26 countries around the world. Now, James and Bob are…
One of the many things I like about being a librarian is the serendipitous way reading material falls into your hands. This is a good thing for me since, left to my own devices, I will go to the history section and not leave. One day a few months ago I was working at the…
The creators of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries are at it again. This time they’re taking on Austen’s Emma. Watch the first episode of Emma Approved below.
Thursday, November 14th – 7:00 pm Ann Leary’s latest book is the New York Times and national bestselling novel The Good House. She is also the author of the memoir An Innocent, A Broad and the novel Outtakes From a Marriage. She has written fiction and nonfiction for various magazines and is a co-host of…
Reviewed by Jim I had actually been waiting for this book to be translated into English for some time. It was written by a Italian writers collective Wu Ming (aka Luther Blisett). Altai is a loose sequel to their book Q published in 1999. Because it is a translation the tone of the writing can…
Publisher’s summary: “When Jacquetta is married to the Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy. Her only friend in the great household is the duke’s squire Richard Woodville, who is at her side when the duke’s death leaves her a wealthy young widow. The…
It was announced on Mr. Leonard’s website today that, “Elmore passed away this morning at 7:15 AM at home surrounded by his loving family. More to follow.” The New York Times profiled Leonard who wrote 45 books including “Get Shorty” and his latest, “Raylan.”
Reviewed by Kim As many readers know by now, this novel is actually written by J.K. Rowling. It features a very unique private investigator named Cormoran Strike. He lost his leg in Afghanastan and is barely scraping by. He’s down to one client, just broke up with his longtime girlfriend, and is living out of…
“Snow had fallen in the night, and now the great house, standing at the head of the valley, seemed like a five-hundred-year old ship sailing in a white ocean For the Cavendish family, Rutherford Park is much more than a place to call home. It is a way of life marked by rigid rules and…
In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka Brunt unfolds a moving story of love, grief, and renewal as two lonely people become the unlikeliest of friends and find that sometimes you don’t know you’ve lost someone until you’ve found them. 1987. There’s only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that’s…
Robert Edsel’s The Monuments Men is heading to the big screen with many a familiar face – George Clooney–anyone heard of him? – set to star. Check out the trailer and then, if you’re interested, put your name on the reserve list for the book. The Monuments Men will be in theaters on December 18th.…
Jessica Brockmole’s debut novel written in letters sparkles from the start. Don’t let the format put you off. If you are thinking of long-winded letters from the 18th Century, think again. These letters move the pace along in this historical novel often leaving the reader hanging and highlighting the desperation of the time period. Brockmole…
Tranforming Libraries, Building Communities: The Community-Centered Library by Julie Biando Edwards, Melissa S. Robinson, and Kelley Rae Unger – Foreword by Kathleen De La Pena McCook Reviewed by Kim Given that more and more libraries , not just in the U.S., but other countries as well, are either closing or having their hours drastically reduced,…
About the book: “Gone Girl meets Before I Go to Sleep in Sophie McKenzie’s Close My Eyes, a riveting psychological thriller about a grieving mother who finds out years after her daughter’s death that her child may still be alive When Geniver Loxley lost her daughter at birth eight years ago, her world stopped… and never fully started again.…
The New England Independent Booksellers Association sponsors this award, and this year’s winners are: Fiction: The Art Forger by Barbara A. Shapiro Nonfiction: Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick Children’s: If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen Title links lead to NOBLE catalog. About the books: “On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art…
As awarded by the Romance Writers of America: Best First Book: The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James Contemporary Single Title Romance: The Way Back Home by Barbara Freethy Historical Romance: A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean Inspirational Romance: Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden Long Contemporary Series Romance: A…
“Welcome to Mattagash, the last town in the middle of the northern Maine wilderness. The road dead-ends here, but Mattagash’s citizens are fiercely proud. Yet this simple town connected by a single one-way bridge is anything but tranquil. While neighbors bicker publicly over trivialities such as offensive mailbox designs and gossip about suspicious newcomers, they…
For more information on the award, visit the Horror Writers Association’s web site. Superior Achievement in a NOVEL The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL Life Rage by L.L. Soares Superior Achievement in a YOUNG ADULT NOVEL Flesh & Bone by Jonathan Maberry Superior Achievement in a GRAPHIC NOVEL…
Check out the new titles you’ll find on the new fiction shelves (or be able to reserve) this month.
Heading to the beach one of these bright, summery days? Consider bringing along one or all of the novels in Roxanne St. Claire’s Barefoot Bay series. Our staff member thought these books would make for non-demanding and entertaining company. About Barefoot in the Sand, book one in the series: When all you hold dear is…
Not sure what to read next? Take a look at the list of nominees and winners (noted in blue) of the 13th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards. Each title is linked to the NOBLE catalog should you like to see availability and/or request a copy using your PIN. Fiction: Non-Fiction: The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro…
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“The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited—and remade. Muhammad’s was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. In The First Muslim, Lesley Hazleton brings him…
Wondering what book will be the next big read for this summer? I don’t have a crystal ball and I haven’t read it yet, but J. Courtney Sullivan’s The Engagements seems to have a lot of promise. As we head into prime wedding season, a book about marriage and the origin of the De Beers…
“Like all mothers, Emily Rapp had ambitious plans for her first and only child, Ronan. He would be smart, loyal, physically fearless, and level-headed, but fun. He would be good at crossword puzzles like his father. He would be an avid skier like his mother. Rapp would speak to him in foreign languages and give…
Visit the library’s pinterest page or click on the image below to take a look at the new fiction finding a home in our collection this month.
About the book: “In The Golden Egg, as the first leaves of autumn begin to fall, Vice Questore Patta asks Brunetti to look into a minor shop-keeping violation committed by the mayor’s future daughter-in-law. Brunetti has no interest in helping his boss amass political favors, but he has little choice but to comply. Then Brunetti’s…
Publisher’s Summary: “In The Golem and the Jinni, a chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a dazzling journey through cultures in turn-of-the-century New York. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life to by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic and dies at sea on the…
Biography: The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro Current interest: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo Fiction: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain First fiction: Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead Graphic novel: Everything Together: Collected Stories by Sammy…
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Fiction: The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson Biography: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss History: Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall General Nonfiction: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and…
Clay Jannon is an out of work graphic designer in Silicon Valley. In attempt to concentrate on his job search and not get sidetracked on the internet, Clay prints out job postings and walks the streets of San Francisco. On one of his excursions, he ends up in front of Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore…
The Arthur C Clarke Award is the most prestigious award for Science Fiction in Britain, presented annually for the best Science Fiction novel of the year. [source] On the shortlist: Nod by Adrian Barnes Dark Eden by Chris Beckett Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway The Dog Stars by Peter Heller Intrusion by Ken MacLeod 2312 by…
A couple of weeks ago, special code in hand, I watched a live event with Peter Jackson, during which the director fielded questions from fans and cast, and showed a bit of raw footage from the upcoming Desolation of Smaug. They’ve finally released a brief clip from that event; take a look:
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About the book: “The story begins with a shocking revelation, delivered by a disheveled woman who presents herself at the offices of a respectable law firm in London. At first the receptionist suspects this mysterious woman is a vagrant; the clothes that hang on her frail body are filthy, and she seems unable to speak.…
Set in the early years of the Hundred Years War, 1356 sees the resurrection of Cornwell’s irascible archer, Thomas of Hookton. Thomas is given a quest to find La Malice, the oddly-shaped sword believed to have been used by Saint Peter to lop off the ear of one of the men who arrested Jesus Christ.…
The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year’s publishing. [source] 2013 Winners Caring is Creepy by David Zimmerman Girlchild by Tupelo Hassman Juvenile…
About the book: “Matt Beaulieu was two years old the first time he held Elle McClure in his arms, seventeen when he first kissed her under a sky filled with shooting stars, and thirty-three when they wed. Now in their late thirties, the deeply devoted couple has everything—except the baby they’ve always wanted. When a…
About the book: “A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras. On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, an uncompromising young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie O, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless marriage or follow…
Reviewed by Fran Summary: Making a living reproducing famous artworks for a popular online retailer and desperate to improve her situation, Claire is lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting, a Degas masterpiece stolen from the Gardner Museum, in exchange for a one-woman show…
Please Join Us for an evening with Laura Harrington Wednesday, March 13, 2013 7:oo pm Ms. Harrington will be reading and discussing her novel Alice Bliss. Her book was a People Magazine “People Pick.” In their review they said, “There are thousands of American kids like Alice, facing down their teen years with a parent…
About the book: “Justin and Libby Denbe have the kind of life that looks good in the pages of a glossy magazine. A beautiful fifteen-year old daughter, Ashlyn. A gorgeous brownstone on a tree-lined street in Boston’s elite Back Bay neighborhood. A great marriage, admired by friends and family. A perfect life. This is what…
Browse our latest editions and catch a sneak peek at the books that will be hitting the shelves this month on our New Fiction – March Pinterest board. Get a head start by putting your name on the waiting list for soon to be released titles.
About the book: “To the public, he’s a hero: a brutal killer who targets sex offenders. To most of London’s police force, he’s the suspect in a gruesome, time-consuming case to be avoided. But to Detective Constable Maeve Kerrigan, he’s a murderer—no matter the sins of his victims—and catching him is her job. Assigned to…
Are you wondering what new books we have in the fiction collection? Look no further. We have a new Pinterest board with all of the new titles that were ordered in February. Click here to check them out! Our board for new fiction coming out in March will be up soon.
Spotlighting titles found in the library’s Young Adult room, this Read This! feature on books with crossover appeal might just provide your next great read. About Out of the Easy: “It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known…
About the book: “High in the Italian Alps at the turn of the twentieth century, Ciro, a strapping mountain boy, meets Enza, a practical beauty. But when scandal rocks Ciro’s tiny village, unbeknownst to Enza, he is sent to hide in America. When disaster strikes Enza’s family, she, too, is forced to go to America.…
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Publisher’s Summary of Book One: “This collection introduces The Losers, formerly an elite U.S. Special Forces unit that served as the covert bloody hand of America until they stumbled across a C.I.A. secret they couldn’t ignore. The C.I.A. tried to kill them, but they’re about to learn that it takes more than one try to…
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On the eve of World War I a string of pink pearls worth a small fortune disappears somewhere between Paris and London. Molly Caldwell Crosby’s The Great Pearl Heist is the story of those pearls, the men and women who stole them and the Scotland Yard detectives tasked to get them back. I was attracted…
The Crossing Places is the first in a series featuring forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway. Ruth lives on a desolated saltmarsh on the Norfolk Coast in England. Most people wonder why she lives there, but Ruth worked on a dig in the saltmarsh where they found a henge (like Stonehenge but made of wood) and she…
“Each Spring, Mystery Writers of America present the Edgar® Awards, widely acknowledged to be the most prestigious awards in the genre.” [source] Best Novel The Lost Ones by Ace Atkins The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn Potboiler by Jesse Kellerman Sunset by Al Lamanda Live by Night…
Film enthusiast, Ludovic, purchases a number of films at an estate sale. One of the films is unmarked and Ludovic hopes that it will be a rare find. After watching the film in his home theater, Ludovic finds that he has gone blind. He grabs his phone and calls the first person he can and…
Reviewed by Alan In the graphic novel “Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City,” Quebecois cartoonist Guy Delisle offers us a graphic (anti-travel) travel book. No, this is not Fodor’s -Delisle is a cartoonist, not a travel writer. And he was not just visiting – he lived in a rather nasty neighborhood in East Jerusalem for…
Paring down the list of 2013 titles I’m highly anticipating was difficult and managed with much indecision regarding what to include here. Here’s what I came up with: The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman (June) “It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car…
“I hope we’re as good friends when you finish your book as we are now,” Ben Bradlee, the legendary former executive editor of The Washington Post, told Jeff Himmelman in March 2010. “But I don’t give a [expletive deleted] what you write about me.” No author could make this man uninteresting. Yours in Truth, begun…
I first took notice of this book when I saw the author, actor Frank Langella interviewed on The Tavis Smiley Show to discuss his memoir of the remarkable people encountered over his fifty year career. He presents them, not as they might have described themselves, but as he perceived them – a theme he emphasizes…
‘Tis the season for Charlie Brown Christmas specials, but was anyone besides me unaware that there are more than 40 animated specials starring the good old Peanuts gang?! Bring the joy of these animated specials to a special someone’s coffee table this year. This marvelous visual history treats Peanuts fans to an in-depth look at…
I am not a voracious fiction reader – romantic fiction especially. But I was taken by the cover (the muted tones, the Grace Kelly look-a-like, the English back drop) as well as the title which added a touch of melancholy. It is London, 1960. When Jennifer Stirling wakes up in the hospital, she can remember…
This book appealed to me because I’m part of its target audience – folks in their 30s or 40s who experienced MTV as teenagers – when its programming was all videos, all the time, and kids watched to see their favorite bands, learn about new music, and have something to talk about at school the…
via Shelf Awareness: “To celebrate the publication of the three-volume Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991 by Jack Flam, Katy Rogers and Tim Clifford, Yale University Press, which published the book in partnership with the Dedalus Foundation, made a two-minute video documenting the making of the books. Filmed at the printing press…
The Christmas Journal is sure to be a Holiday winner. When it comes to writing about wholesome, small town USA that makes readers want to pack their bags and move there, none does it better than Award Winning author, Katherine Valentine. Her newest book, The Christmas Journal set in fictional Crutcher Pike, Kentucky is certain…
Young Peoples Literature: William Alexander, Goblin Secrets Poetry: David Ferry, Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations Nonfiction: Katherine Boo, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Fiction: Louise Erdrich, The Round House
About the Book: After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted every other year…