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On Little Great Island, climate change is disrupting both life and love

After offending the powerful pastor of a cult, Mari McGavin has to flee with her six-year-old son. With no money and no place else to go, she returns to the tiny Maine island where she grew up-a place…

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Full disclosure: author Kate Woodworth and I shared our (very similar) manuscripts before they were accepted by publishers. Which is why I can now say, without any embarrassment, that I'm quite jealous of what she produced! Set on an island in Penobscot Bay, Kate has created a tiny independent community that also somehow serves as a metaphor for the entire world. Through a very specific and optimistic lens, she shows us realistic approaches to development, climate change—and cults.

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