The Cottage at Glass Beach (P.S.) - Tapa blanda

"Heather Barbieri's "The Cottage at Glass Beach" is a moving, heartfelt story told with vivid description. Open the book and listen--you'll hear the waves crashing onto the shore."--Sarah Jio, author of "The Bungalow" and "The Violets of March"

""The Lace Makers of Glenmara" is a charming, moving story, written with a delicate touch."--Joanne Harris, author of "Chocolat" and "The Girl with No Shadow," on "The Lace Makers of Glenmara"

Where Barbieri shines is in her depiction of the microcosm of the island and in the strong links between the generations. Nora discover that Everything is connected. The geography of the island, of the soul, and Barbieri makes that connection real. --Melinda Bargreen, "Seattle Times""

A must read for fans of Sarah Addison Allen s Garden Spells. --Tara Quinn, "Cleveland Plain Dealer""

Barbieri s mix of fairy tale and family drama in a picturesque seaside resort makes her third novel a terrific beach read. --"Library Journal""

Part seaside fairytale, part exploration of real-world tensions....Let yourself be transported to Burke s Island, a salt-tinged place steeped in legends of selkies and shipwrecks, but also full of bruised and hopeful people making their wayward, human ways toward happiness. --Marisa de los Santos, author of "Falling Together" and "Belong to Me""

Heather Barbieri s "The Cottage at Glass Beach" is a moving, heartfelt story told with vivid description. Open the book and listen you ll hear the waves crashing onto the shore. --Sarah Jio, author of "The Bungalow" and "The Violets of March""

Strikes the perfect balance between high lit and mainstream women s fiction, infusing a potent and unforgettable love story with unforgettable characters that will remain with you long after the final chapter....[Barbieri s narrative] will call out to readers of Joanne Harris, Alice Hoffman, and other modern masters of drama. --"Bookreporter.com""

The Cottage at Glass Beach, an enchanting novel about mothers and daughters on an isolated island, is a romantic, delicious read. Barbieri s beautiful writing and beguiling world view revel in the realities and the mysteries of the sea and of life itself. --Nancy Thayer, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Heat Wave""

Barbieri does such a wonderful job setting up the beauty and mystery of the island and its rich Gaelic roots that it is not a stretch to ask the reader to imagine that the place is also magical. A wonderful, subtle, transporting story. --Susan Maguire, "Booklist, starred review""