{"product_id":"liberty-island","title":"Liberty Island","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hume's latest represents the best of historical fiction, proving that the past is personal, and readers will find that getting to know these women is a grounding experience.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eLiberty Island\u003c\/i\u003e sweeps us into a Maine summer world where wild-hearted girls imagine themselves as pirates and treasure hunters, and one daring woman dares to write them into being. This story is a thrilling journey about the cost of independence, the necessity of re-imagining our future as women who will not be defined by others, and the power of children's literature to shape not only stories, but lives. With vivid characters, Virginia Hume reminds us that the true work of transformation is to ask what truly matters and to listen, with courage, for the answer. Like the tides that shape the rocky Maine shore, \n\u003ci\u003eLiberty Island\u003c\/i\u003e traces the lives of free-spirited girls becoming women who learn that true freedom is found in fierce love, community, and the family we dare to claim--and you'll never want to leave its shores.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePatti Callahan Henry, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Story She Left Behind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hume has given readers a gem with her atmospheric and charming second novel, \n\u003ci\u003e Liberty Island\u003c\/i\u003e. Unfolding across the windswept shores of Maine, the posh society parties of Boston, the teeming streets of New York City and beyond, this follow-up multigenerational tale explores the intersection of family history and long-hidden secrets. With poignant twists of plot and lovingly crafted characters, this is an immersive read that will have you rooting for the strong women who drive this story.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Allison Pataki, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFinding Margaret Fuller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eLiberty Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph by one of America's most promising authors. Hume's writing is lovely, gentle, and tender. Reading \n\u003ci\u003eLiberty Island\u003c\/i\u003e, I felt transported to a simpler time, but also to one that had familiar problems--experimenting with new ideas, trying to fit in, dealing with bullies, coming to terms with your own stubbornness, or falling in love after resisting for too long. A vivid and emotionally true story, set in a beautiful part of the world, that will stay with me for years to come.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Dana Perino, #1\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAnd The Good News Is...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eHaven Point\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"You will love curling up with this one under your beach umbrella!\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Martha MacCallum, host of \u003ci\u003eThe Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Unfolding from WWII to the present day, this delicious, intricate novel is woven together with romance, tragedy, family secrets and breath-taking surprises. I will read \n\u003ci\u003eHaven Point \u003c\/i\u003eover and over. I'll give it to my friends. I'll read anything Virginia Hume ever writes.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Nancy Thayer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGirls of Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eHaven Point\u003c\/i\u003e checks all the boxes for a great summer read: generations of strong women, an idyllic but insular coastal town, and an emotionally-rich story that explores the peaks and valleys of life in all its complicated glory.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Jamie Brenner, nationally bestselling author \u003ci\u003eof The Forever \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSummer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVirginia Hume \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eHaven Point \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eLiberty Island\u003c\/i\u003e. Her early career was spent in public affairs and political communications. She lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland with her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHaven Point \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a sweeping historical novel about the generations of a family that spends summers in a seaside enclave on the rocky Maine coastline, for fans of Elin Hilderbrand, Beatriz Williams, and Sarah Blake.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1900: \u003c\/b\u003e28-year-old Anna Bradley spends summer days supervising three little girls, including her niece, Julia Demarest, on an island off the coast of Haven Point, Maine. There, the girls run free, pretending to be all the things society says they cannot: pirates and rum runners, treasure hunters and Roughriders. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA college graduate determined to remain unmarried, Anna is eager to establish herself independently. Inspired by the summer antics of Julia and her friends, Anna writes \"Liberty Island\"--a depiction of girls unshackled from the domestic sphere--under a pen name. Young readers are rhapsodic, and it is a runaway bestseller, but it's not well received by the society matrons in her sister's circle, who believe that books for girls should prepare them for their future as wives and mothers. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \"Liberty Island\" growing in popularity, Anna's secret is in peril, and when she's suddenly thrown together with the former object of her affections, she must rethink everything she thought she knew about independence, marriage, and her dreams for her future. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1922: \u003c\/b\u003e 29-year-old Julia Demarest was once proud of her aunt's \"Liberty Island\" books. But as new, bohemian ideas take hold amongst her peers, she has come to see them as quaint, at best. In hindsight, her childhood summers on the island seem like more of an exile than a liberation, and her Boston Brahmin family--particularly her mother, Elizabeth Demarest--like relics of an unlamented past. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut in an effort to break free of expectations, she has ended up alienated from her family and heartbroken when a romantic entanglement with a free-spirited intellectual ends badly. When Elizabeth urgently calls her back to Haven Point, Julia is confronted by all the things she's been trying to escape, and forced to reconsider what truly brings her happiness. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sweeping saga set in the first tumultuous decades of the twentieth century, \n\u003ci\u003eLiberty Island\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to mothers and daughters, love, friendship, and the ways in which women define freedom on their own terms. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/03\/2026 (EAN 9781250285645, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eHume, Virginia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVirginia Hume\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eHaven Point \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eLiberty Island\u003c\/i\u003e. 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