Compass rose a novel

ISBN: 9780307594303 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0307594300 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource remote 1 online resource (355 p.)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010.

Casey, John 1939- (Author).

Summary: Game warden Elsie Buttrick has just given birth to Dick's illegitimate daughter, Rose, and over the next 16 years the fiercely independent Elsie grapples with motherhood, aging, and love, and throws herself into a crusade to stop her land-grabbing brother-in-law from expanding his seaside resort. Meanwhile, Dick's wife, May, reconciles a public humiliation with an intense love for Rose. As Elsie's lust flares, May sinks deeper into her devotion to her children and Rose.