THE FIRE BALLOON by Ruth Moore

A novel rich with a knowledge of life; telling of a kind of people, and of one particular American family, who seem timeless and enduring as the rocks and tides of their own Maine country. The tang of salt water is strong in the women as in the men, and the sea itself is the solid, ever-changing background for "The Fire Balloon." First published in 1948, by the author of "Spoonhandle." 2004 paperback, 347 pages.