Excerpt from Wild and Distant Seas by Tara Karr Roberts, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

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Wild and Distant Seas by Tara Karr Roberts

Wild and Distant Seas

A Novel

by Tara Karr Roberts
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  • Jan 2, 2024, 304 pages
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  • Jan 2025, 304 pages
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"I suppose so," I said. I turned for the kitchen but felt a tug to linger a moment, uncertain of what I was about to offer, yet unable to stop myself. "Call me Evangeline."

Excerpted from Wild and Distant Seas by Tara Karr Roberts. Copyright © 2024 by Tara Karr Roberts. Excerpted by permission of W.W. Norton & Company. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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