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Rising Tide (Thesman novel)

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Rising Tide
First edition
AuthorJean Thesman
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherViking Juvenile
Publication date
October 13, 2003
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages240 pages
ISBN0-670-03656-0
OCLC51800816
LC ClassPZ7.T3525 Ri 2003
Preceded byA Sea So Far 

Rising Tide (2003) is a historical young-adult novel by Jean Thesman and a sequel to her novel A Sea So Far (2001).

Plot summary

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Kate Keeley has returned from Ireland older and wiser. Her goals are still to move her and her aunt out of the boardinghouse and to open a linens shop. Ellen Flannery hasn't saved her share for the store she planned to be a partner in because she has spent it pursuing the rich, careless Aaron Schuster. But with the help of money from Jolie Logan's father, Kate does find a flat and an empty shop. Finally, Kate and Ellen open their store and pursue the novelty of independent womanhood. At the boardinghouse, Mrs. Flannery is getting sick and the boarders are more demanding than ever, especially the acidic Mrs. Stackhouse and the abandoned Thalia Rutledge. Though they dream of independence, Kate and Ellen realise they will always be tied to family, home, and the lure of romance, such as Kate's finding the travel journal of a mysterious and attractive stranger.