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Stern Men

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Stern Men

Written by: Elizabeth Gilbert
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
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The "wonderful first novel about life, love, and lobster fishing" (USA Today) from the #1 bestselling writer, 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--smart as a whip, feisty, and irredeemably unromantic--determined to throw over her education and join the men working the lobster boats. Gilbert utterly captures the American spirit through an unforgettable heroine who is destined for greatness--and love--despite herself. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Adventure
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Praise for Stern Men

"Rich as drawn butter and as comical as the crawly crustacean itself. . . Gilbert has penned a Dickensian tale; one wishes it ran in two volumes."-USA Today

"While Elizabeth Gilbert is not the first writer to suggest that smart women have much to teach stern men, she puts the idea forward with rugged power."-The New York Times Book Review

"[Stern Men] flashes with welcome brilliance."-The New York Times

"Howlingly funny."-San Francisco Chronicle

 "An impressive comic debut." -Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
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