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100 1  Blais, Madeleine,|eauthor. 
245 10 To the new owners :|ba Martha's Vineyard memoir /
       |cMadeleine Blais. 
250    First edition 
264  1 New York :|bAtlantic Monthly Press,|c2017. 
300    270 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0  Blue gold -- The shack -- Turn right, turn left -- The new
       house -- Summer notes -- The Jaws effect -- Operating 
       instructions -- The ideal guest -- Mr. Ulf, famous writer 
       -- Phil -- What Kay Graham brought to the table -- Boiling
       the Pope -- "She is not so young now" -- Time to leave -- 
       Great dark cattle -- At rest. 
520    "In the 1970s, Madeleine Blais' in-laws purchased a 
       vacation house on Martha's Vineyard for the exorbitant sum
       of $80,000. 2.2 miles down a poorly marked, one lane dirt 
       road, the house was better termed a shack--it had no 
       electricity, no modern plumbing, the roof leaked, and mice
       had invaded the walls. It was perfect. Sitting on Tisbury 
       Great Pond--well-stocked with oysters and crab for foraged
       dinners--the house faced the ocean and the sky, and though
       it was eventually replaced by a sturdier structure, the 
       ethos remained the same: no heat, no TV, and no telephone.
       Instead, there were countless hours at the beach, meals 
       cooked and savored with friends, nights talking under the 
       stars, until at last, the house was sold in 2014. To the 
       New Owners is Madeleine Blais' charming, evocative memoir 
       of this house, and of the Vineyard itself--from the 
       history of the island and its famous visitors to the ferry,
       the pie shops, the quirky charms and customs, and the 
       abundant natural beauty. But more than that, this is an 
       elegy for a special place. Many of us have one place that 
       anchors our most powerful memories. For Blais, it was the 
       Vineyard house--a retreat and a dependable pleasure that 
       also measured changes in her family. As children were born
       and grew up, as loved ones aged and passed away, the house
       was a constant. And now, the house lives on in the hearts 
       of those who cherished it"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Blais, Madeleine|xHomes and haunts|zMassachusetts
       |zMartha's Vineyard. 
600 10 Blais, Madeleine|xFamily. 
600 17 Blais, Madeleine.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00034715 
650  0 Families|zMassachusetts|zMartha's Vineyard. 
650  0 Vacation homes|zMassachusetts|zMartha's Vineyard. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.|2bisacsh 
650  7 TRAVEL / United States / Northeast / New England (CT, MA, 
       ME, NH, RI, VT).|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT,
       MA, ME, NH, RI, VT).|2bisacsh 
650  7 Homes.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01353235 
650  7 Manners and customs.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01007815 
650  7 Vacation homes.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01163505 
651  0 Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)|xSocial life and customs. 
651  0 Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)|vBiography. 
651  7 Massachusetts|zMartha's Vineyard.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01243069 
655  7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aBlais, Madeleine, author.|tTo the new 
       owners|dNew York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017
       |z9780802189097|w(DLC) 2017020518 
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