Stern Men
By Elizabeth Gilbert
(Mariner Books, Paperback, 9780618127337, 304pp.)
Publication Date: June 2001
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On two remote islands off the coast of Maine, the local lobstermen have fought savagely for generations over the fishing rights to the ocean waters between them. Young Ruth Thomas is born into this feud, the daughter of one of the greediest lobstermen in Maine. Eighteen years old, as smart as a whip, and irredeemably unromantic, Ruth returns home from boarding school determined to throw her education overboard and join the "stern men." As the feud escalates, she helps work the lobster boats, brushes up on her profanity, and eventually falls for Owney Wishnell, a handsome young lobsterman. "Funny, clever and wise" (Seattle Times), STERN MEN captures a feisty American spirit through this unforgettable heroine who is destined for greatness despite herself.
Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of the story collection PILGRIMS, a finalist for the 1998 PEN/Hemingway Award. It was a New York Times Notable Book and was listed as one of the Most Intriguing Books of 1997 by GLAMOUR magazine. PILGRIMS also won best first fiction awards from the PARIS REVIEW, the SOUTHERN REVIEW, and Ploughshares. Her fiction has been published in ESQUIRE, STORY, GQ, THE PARIS REVIEW, PLOUGHSHARES, and the MISSISSIPPI REVIEW. She is also a Pushcart Prize winner, and her nonfiction writing has earned her a 1999 National Magazine Award nomination. Annie Proulx called Gilbert a "young writer of incandescent talent." Currently a writer-at-large for GQ, Gilbert lives in New York's Hudson Valley.
1. "As humans, after all, we become that which we seek. Dairy farming makes men steady and reliable and temperate; deer hunting makes men quiet and fast and sensitive; lobster fishing makes men suspicious and wily and ruthless". Can you think of other occupations to which this statement could apply?
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