The ���onderful first novel about life, love, and lobster fishing���(USA Today) from the #1 bestselling writer
In 2000, Elizabeth Gilbert�'s Stern Men debuted to phenomenal critical attention. Now, Penguin is publishing a new edition of Gilbert�'s wise and charming novel for the millions of readers who devoured Eat, Pray, Love and remain hungry for more. Off the coast of Maine, Ruth Thomas is born into a feud fought for generations by two groups of local lobstermen over fishing rights for the waters that lie between their respective islands. At eighteen, she has returned from boarding school���mart as a whip, feisty, and irredeemably unromantic���etermined to throw over her education and join the ���tern men���orking the lobster boats. Gilbert utterly captures the American spirit through an unforgettable heroine who is destined for greatness���nd love���espite herself.