A Northern Light

While working at the local hotel, the drowned body of a young woman washes onto the shore and gets Mattie thinking again of the loss of her mother, her familyÆs struggles, and her unhappy life in her small community, but when she reads the girlÆs letters, Mattie is inspired and becomes determined to follow her dream of moving to New York City to become a writer. 50,000 first printing.