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And the Ocean Breeze in Her Hair

The Voyage of the Morning Light by Marina Endicott

April 25, 2023 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport South Seas Kay and Thea, her newly married and much older half-sister, set off one morning in 1911 aboard the sailing ship, The Morning Light.  The ship is a trading vessel bound for the South Seas, and captained by Thea’s new husband, Frances.  Never having been to sea before, Kay does not realize, at first, that she has found the place in which she is most at home, in all the world.  Thirteen years old, and gleefully barefoot, she is a born sailor, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: #CBR15 passport, Blessed lack of common romantic tropes, early 20th Century, Marina Endicott, Miscarriage, Moral dilemmas, Past trama, Polynesia, Sailing Across the Pacific

elderberrywine's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: #CBR15 passport, Blessed lack of common romantic tropes, early 20th Century, Marina Endicott, Miscarriage, Moral dilemmas, Past trama, Polynesia, Sailing Across the Pacific ·
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