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I'll Become the Sea [electronic resource] : Original

Maher, Rebecca Rogers2010

Summary

Jane Elliott has found peace. By all accounts, she's a success story: a survivor of childhood abuse who has dedicated her life to teaching. She's also engaged to marry Ben, an ambitious documentary filmmaker.But hers is a false and fragile peace. Focusing on her students at an urban Jersey Shore school and maintaining a relationship with an absentee fiancé conveniently keep Jane from feeling much of anything at all.This safe existence is threatened when she meets David, a musician who runs an afterschool program for at-risk kids. Because of her commitment to Ben, Jane can deny her attraction to David and convince herself they are just good friends.But an accident, a death, a grim family obligation and her own intense desire force Jane to overcome the past, rethink the presentand take a genuine risk on love.47,000 words