ISLAND HOUSES

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Multi-talented Sara Prentice Manela made this wonderful map for me years ago, to show where special places in my book are on Nantucket.  So many of my books have a certain house at the heart of my story.  I think the last house shown here is from Island Girls. I’d better ask Sara to update it for me!

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The Island House is set in Sconset, a small village on the southwest tip of the island. A century ago, fishermen built small cottages with low roofs where they could spread their nets to dry.  Now these cottages make cozy summer homes.

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I’ve posted photos of these houses before, but I am always enchanted by their charm.

To walk down Broadway and Front Street is to take a step into the past.

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Except for the price. . .one of these little cottages rents in the summer for around $7200 a week.  Yes, a week.

Out of town, on the bluff facing the Atlantic Ocean, more modern houses stand, and it was a house like one of these that inspired The Island House.  You can see zig-zag steps down to the beach like the ones in my book.

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Sara made this map three years ago. I love it that she drew a whale off the eastern side of Sconset.  Next time, I’ll post photos of some in-town island houses.  Here’s one last Sconset house–with a whale weather vane.

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