title: Marie Blythe (Hardscrabble BooksFiction of New England)
author:  Howard Frank Mosher 
description: "Mosher writes stories, almost folk tales at times, built out of lost and forgotten history, rooted in a strong sense of place, inhabited with colorful characters. His terrain may be specific, but his themes are universal."-- "USA Today"<br /><br />"Mosher has a fine knack for evoking natural beauty--an otter sliding off an icy log, a loon whooping over a dark lake--and he has a convincing sense of adventure."-- "Los Angeles Times"<br /><br />"Mosher is a remarkably good observer of nature as well as a born storyteller."-- "Boston Herald"<br /><br />"With each book, Mosher fleshes out more of his literary turf, a frontier brimming with men and women who follow their own rules."-- "Boston Globe"
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  ‘Lyrical, profound and deeply moving, Sophie Hardcastle’s Below Deck will
  confront as well as soothe, and is the most tender, hopeful battle-cry of a
  book.’
  
  —Brooke Davis, author of Lost and Found
  
  ‘Hardcastle has captured the powerful words so many of us struggle to find,
  and I cannot imagine anyone could finish Below Deck unaffected.’
  
  —Bri Lee, author of Eggshell Skull and Beauty
  
  ‘The free-flowing intensity of the wind and waves that drives her characters’
  lives, also powers Sophie Hardcastle’s memorable prose. Her writing sweeps us
  through hemispheres and across oceans with astonishing and immersive force.
  This is a deeply moving story of a young woman growing up, and Hardcastle is
  an extraordinary talent.’
  
  —Elleke Boehmer, University of Oxford
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Sophie Hardcastle was born in 1993. She is an author, artist, screenwriter and
  scholar. In 2018, she was a Provost’s Scholar in English Literature at
  Worcester College, at the University of Oxford, where she wrot