Jacob have I Loved

Jacob have I Loved

HARPER

Q40.00 Q80.00

Jacob have I loved but Esau have I hated  With her grandmother's taunt Louise knew that she like the biblical Esau was the despised elder twin. Caroline her selfish younger sister was the one everyone loved.  Growing up on a tiny Chesapeake Bay island angry Louise reveals how Caroline has robbed her of everything  her hopes for schooling her friends her mother even her name. While everyone pampers Caroline Wheeze (her sister's name for her) begins to learn the ways of the watermen and the secrets of the island especially of old Captain Wallace who has mysteriously returned after fifty years.

The war unexpectedly gives this independent girl a chance to fulfill her dream to work on the water alongside her father. But the dream does not satisfy the woman she is becoming. Alone and unsure Louise begins to fight her way to a place for herself outside her sister's shadow. But in order to do that she must first figure out who she is...

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