· Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara. Published on Decem by Sheila (Book Journey) What would you be willing to sacrifice to be who you want to be? With Cascade being considered to be flooded to provide water for Boston, Desdemona . It’s in the once-thriving summer town of Cascade and Desdemona Spaulding, a gifted, Paris-trained artist, has made a mariage sans amour to provide a roof over the head of her dying father and save the family’s renowned Shakespeare theater. When the state threatens to flood Cascade and build a reservoir, Dez comes up with an art project that just might save the town, but her discontent with her new life is . “Maryanne O’Hara has written an extraordinary book, beautiful, heartbreaking, and so full of life on every page that I was reminded that loving deeply is full of risk and the only way to live. This is the most meaningful book I’ve read in a very long time.” —Jane Bernstein, author of The Face Tells the Secret and Rachel in the World.
"Cascade" by Maryanne O'Hara was chosen by Boston Globe readers as the book to read together this summer after the Globe launched an online book club. Globe books editor Nicole Lamy, author Maryanne O'Hara, and Michael Volmar, chief curator of the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, were online Friday, Sept. 19, at 11 a. m. for a discussion about. Cascade PDF Book by Maryanne O'Hara () Download or Read Online Free. Author: Maryanne O'Hara | Submitted by: Maria Garcia | Views | View Chapter List | Add a Review Cascade PDF book by Maryanne O'Hara Read Online or Free Download in ePUB, PDF or MOBI eBooks. Published in August 16th the book become immediate popular and critical acclaim in historical, historical fiction books. A Conversation with Maryanne O'Hara The setting for Cascade is loosely based on the true story of the Quabbin reservoir, which led to the destruction and flooding of four Massachusetts towns when it was completed in
“Maryanne O’Hara has written an extraordinary book, beautiful, heartbreaking, and so full of life on every page that I was reminded that loving deeply is full of risk and the only way to live. This is the most meaningful book I’ve read in a very long time.” —Jane Bernstein, author of The Face Tells the Secret and Rachel in the World. There are many examples of how Ms O'Hara is painterly in her descriptions of the landscape and natural surroundings of Cascade, the community. Beautifully handled passages that make you want to climb into her novel and find a place to rest. It's difficult not to fall in love with her father's old Playhouse and the woods and lake of Cascade. It’s in the once-thriving summer town of Cascade and Desdemona Spaulding, a gifted, Paris-trained artist, has made a mariage sans amour to provide a roof over the head of her dying father and save the family’s renowned Shakespeare theater. When the state threatens to flood Cascade and build a reservoir, Dez comes up with an art project that just might save the town, but her discontent with her new life is growing, and complicated by her attraction to Jacob, a fellow artist.
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