These Granite Islands: A Novel

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Also by Sarah Stonich Published by the University of Minnesota Press Vacationland university of minnesota press Minneapolis London 17zese Granite Islands ............. ~ _____. a novel SARAH STONICH The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges assistance provided for the publication of this book by the John K. and Elsie Lampert Fesler Fund. The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. Excerpts from “Marina” from Collected Poems, 1909–1962, by T. S. Eliot. Copyright 1936 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company; copyright renewed 1964 by T. S. Eliot. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company; all rights reserved. Copyright Estate of T. S. Eliot; reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd. Originally published in 2001 by Little, Brown and Company First University of Minnesota Press edition, 2013 Copyright 2001 by Sarah Stonich All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stonich, Sarah. These granite islands : a novel / Sarah Stonich. — First University of Minnesota Press edition. isbn 978-0-8166-8353-6 (pbk.) PS3569.T6455T47 2013 813'.54—dc23 2012049703 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Sam and his great-grandparents Julia and Joseph I made this, I have forgotten And remember. The rigging weak and the canvas rotten Between one June and another September. T. S. ELIOT ...