The landing
Ben Mercer things he knows exactly what his future holds. Like his bitter Uncle Henry, he will stay at Cook's Landing, barely making ends meet by selling butter, eggs and gasoline to rich cottagers, doing their odd jobs - and resenting their condescension. But then a wealthy widow hires Ben to fix up her cottage, and for the first time he allows himself to believe that escape might be possible. When Ruth Chapman talks to Ben about her life in New...
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