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    Stern Men

    A Novel

    Author Elizabeth Gilbert
    Read by Allyson Ryan
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    On sale Feb 24, 2009 | 11 Hours and 18 Minutes | 9781101152195
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    The "wonderful first novel about life, love, and lobster fishing" (USA Today) from the #1 bestselling writer, Elizabeth Gilbert's Stern Men debuted to phenomenal critical attention. Now, Penguin is publishing a new edition of Gilbert's wise and charming novel for the millions of readers who devoured Eat, Pray, Love and remain hungry for more.

    Off the coast of Maine, Ruth Thomas is born into a feud fought for generations by two groups of local lobstermen over fishing rights for the waters that lie between their respective islands. At eighteen, she has returned from boarding school--smart as a whip, feisty, and irredeemably unromantic--determined to throw over her education and join the men working the lobster boats. Gilbert utterly captures the American spirit through an unforgettable heroine who is destined for greatness--and love--despite herself.
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    © Deborah Lopez
    Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of nine previous works of fiction and nonfiction, which collectively have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide, spent more than two hundred weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and been translated into more than fifty languages. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN/Hemingway Award. With more than 20 million views of her TED Talk and 2.7 million followers on her social media accounts, she continues to be one of the most beloved and influential writers of our age. View titles by Elizabeth Gilbert
    Praise for Stern Men

    "Rich as drawn butter and as comical as the crawly crustacean itself. . . Gilbert has penned a Dickensian tale; one wishes it ran in two volumes."-USA Today

    "While Elizabeth Gilbert is not the first writer to suggest that smart women have much to teach stern men, she puts the idea forward with rugged power."-The New York Times Book Review

    "[Stern Men] flashes with welcome brilliance."-The New York Times

    "Howlingly funny."-San Francisco Chronicle

     "An impressive comic debut." -Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

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    The "wonderful first novel about life, love, and lobster fishing" (USA Today) from the #1 bestselling writer, Elizabeth Gilbert's Stern Men debuted to phenomenal critical attention. Now, Penguin is publishing a new edition of Gilbert's wise and charming novel for the millions of readers who devoured Eat, Pray, Love and remain hungry for more.

    Off the coast of Maine, Ruth Thomas is born into a feud fought for generations by two groups of local lobstermen over fishing rights for the waters that lie between their respective islands. At eighteen, she has returned from boarding school--smart as a whip, feisty, and irredeemably unromantic--determined to throw over her education and join the men working the lobster boats. Gilbert utterly captures the American spirit through an unforgettable heroine who is destined for greatness--and love--despite herself.

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    . All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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    © Deborah Lopez
    Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of nine previous works of fiction and nonfiction, which collectively have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide, spent more than two hundred weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and been translated into more than fifty languages. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN/Hemingway Award. With more than 20 million views of her TED Talk and 2.7 million followers on her social media accounts, she continues to be one of the most beloved and influential writers of our age. View titles by Elizabeth Gilbert

    Praise

    Praise for Stern Men

    "Rich as drawn butter and as comical as the crawly crustacean itself. . . Gilbert has penned a Dickensian tale; one wishes it ran in two volumes."-USA Today

    "While Elizabeth Gilbert is not the first writer to suggest that smart women have much to teach stern men, she puts the idea forward with rugged power."-The New York Times Book Review

    "[Stern Men] flashes with welcome brilliance."-The New York Times

    "Howlingly funny."-San Francisco Chronicle

     "An impressive comic debut." -Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

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