Written by Lea Wait. First edition, 2001. Margaret K. McElderry Books.
Stopping to Home by Lea Wait is set in 1806 in Wiscasset, Maine, and follows eleven-year-old Abbie Chambers and her four-year-old brother Seth, who are orphaned after their mother dies of smallpox and their father disappears at sea. They find a temporary home with Widow Chase, a young woman who struggles to keep her house and land after her husband's death. Together, they face the challenges and opportunities of life in a nineteenth-century seaport town, while hoping for news of their father and searching for a place to call their own. Based on meticulous research and historical details, Stopping To Home is a moving and engaging read that portrays the hardships and joys of early American life.
Lea Wait was an American author of historical novels and mysteries, many set in Maine. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1946 and grew up in a family of book lovers. She studied at Chatham College and New York University, and worked as a manager at AT&T before becoming an antique print dealer and a writer. She also adopted four daughters from different Asian countries as a single parent. She moved to Edgecomb, Maine, in 1998 and married artist Bob Thomas in 2003. She wrote several series of books for adults and children, including the Mainely Needlepoint Mystery series and the Shadows Antique Print Mystery series. She passed away in August 2019.
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