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    Up from the Sea: A Whose Waves These Are Novella
    Up from the Sea: A Whose Waves These Are Novella
    Up from the Sea: A Whose Waves These Are Novella
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    Up from the Sea: A Whose Waves These Are Novella

    By Amanda Dykes

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    Deep in a New England forest, an ancient tree stands at the center of a tale passed down through the generations. So much so, that the residents of Ansel-by-the-Sea, Maine, no longer know what is truth and what is fable. A woman fleeing in the night, rumors of treason, revolution, retribution . . .

    When Savannah Mae Thorpe, born and raised near the golden sands of the South, arrives with a version of the story unlike any heard before, she finds herself the unlikely leader of an expedition into the woods to discover the truth. With help from local lumberjack Alastair Bliss, who holds a shadowed past of his own, her search to discover the truth of the Atonement Tree may have unexpected ramifications on her life--and the lives of those around her.

    A tale of origins, this novella is a story complete on its own but also an invitation to discover the legacy that came before the story of Robert Bliss, the fisherman-poet who changed the tide of a nation with his unsuspecting words in Amanda's full-length novel, Whose Waves These Are.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateApr 2, 2019
    ISBN9781493416646
    Up from the Sea: A Whose Waves These Are Novella
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    Amanda Dykes

    Amanda Dykes is a former English teacher, a drinker of tea, and a spinner of hope-filled tales. For more information, visit www.amandadykes.com.

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      I so enjoyed this novella. How I’d have loved to go exploring for such a castle on my GrandFather’s land!

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