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Author:
Hatton, Lindsay,.
Title:
Monterey Bay / Lindsay Hatton.
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
310 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Steinbeck, John--1902-1968--Fiction.
Monterey Bay Aquarium--Fiction.
Marine biologists--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Monterey (Calif)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Summary:
A novel set around the creation of the world-famous Monterey Bay Aquarium and the last days of Steinbeck's "Cannery Row" follows the 1940 arrival of fifteen-year-old artist Margot Fiske and her father, who embarks on a controversial project.
In 1940, fifteen year-old Margot Fiske arrives on the shores of Monterey Bay with her eccentric entrepreneur father. Margot has been her father's apprentice all over the world, until an accident in Monterey's tide pools drives them apart and plunges her head-first into the mayhem of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row. Steinbeck is hiding out from his burgeoning fame at the raucous lab of Ed Ricketts, the biologist known as Doc in Cannery Row. Ricketts, a charismatic bohemian, quickly becomes the object of Margot's fascination. Despite Steinbeck's protests and her father's misgivings, she wrangles a job as Ricketts's sketch artist and begins drawing the strange and wonderful sea creatures he pulls from the waters of the bay. Unbeknownst to Margot, her father is also working with Ricketts. He is soliciting the biologist's advice on his most ambitious and controversial project to date: the transformation of the Row's largest cannery into an aquarium. When Margot begins an affair with Ricketts, she sets in motion a chain of events that will affect not just the two of them, but the future of Monterey as well. Alternating between past and present, Monterey Bay explores histories both imagined and actual to create an unforgettable portrait of an exceptional woman, a world-famous aquarium, and the beloved town they both call home.--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1594206783 (hardcover) : :
9781594206788 (hardcover) : :
Locations:
GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)
GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

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