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FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 2/9/00, 3:13 PM

We have a patron looking for a book by a female author. The story takes
place on an island near Boston. It switches back and forth in time
between now and 200 years ago. The modern woman discovers evidence of a
murder 200 years ago of a Norwegian immigrant woman who came to this
country with her sister. The patron thinks one of the main characters
was named Marit, that the book was written within the last 5 years, and
that the author's first name may be Elizabeth.

Does anyone know the title?

Cathy MacArthur
Librarian/Volunteer Coordinator
Oshkosh Public Library

FROM: "Shari Hetzke" <[removed]@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 2/9/00, 3:32 PM

This is (I'm fairly certain) The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve.

Shari Hetzke tel 847-506-2629
Secondary School Services Specialist fax 847-506-2655
Arlington Heights Memorial [removed]@nslsilus.org
500 North Dunton
Arlington Heights, IL 60004

FROM: "Helen Goodin" <[removed]@northernlights.lib.mn.us>
REC'D: 2/9/00, 3:44 PM

Weight of Water by Anita Shreve?

Helen Goodin

Fiction_L wrote:

> We have a patron looking for a book by a female author. The story takes
> place on an island near Boston. It switches back and forth in time
> between now and 200 years ago. The modern woman discovers evidence of a
> murder 200 years ago of a Norwegian immigrant woman who came to this
> country with her sister. The patron thinks one of the main characters
> was named Marit, that the book was written within the last 5 years, and
> that the author's first name may be Elizabeth.
>
> Does anyone know the title?
>
> Cathy MacArthur
> Librarian/Volunteer Coordinator
> Oshkosh Public Library

FROM: "Marsha Valance " <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 2/9/00, 3:52 PM

Anita Shreve's *The Weight of Water* (1997). The immigrant plotline murder is set in 1873.


Marsha J. Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
Phone: 414/286-3010
FAX: 414/286-3102
Email: <[removed]@mpl.org>

"That All May Read"

>>> "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.ORG> 02/09 3:17 PM >>>
We have a patron looking for a book by a female author. The story takes
place on an island near Boston. It switches back and forth in time
between now and 200 years ago. The modern woman discovers evidence of a
murder 200 years ago of a Norwegian immigrant woman who came to this
country with her sister. The patron thinks one of the main characters
was named Marit, that the book was written within the last 5 years, and
that the author's first name may be Elizabeth.

Does anyone know the title?

Cathy MacArthur
Librarian/Volunteer Coordinator
Oshkosh Public Library

FROM: "Richards Free Library" <[removed]@sugar-river.net>
REC'D: 2/9/00, 4:07 PM

This is the Weight of Water by Anita Shreve


Andrea Thorpe

Fiction_L wrote:

> We have a patron looking for a book by a female author. The story takes
> place on an island near Boston. It switches back and forth in time
> between now and 200 years ago. The modern woman discovers evidence of a
> murder 200 years ago of a Norwegian immigrant woman who came to this
> country with her sister. The patron thinks one of the main characters
> was named Marit, that the book was written within the last 5 years, and
> that the author's first name may be Elizabeth.
>
> Does anyone know the title?
>
> Cathy MacArthur
> Librarian/Volunteer Coordinator
> Oshkosh Public Library

--
Richards Free Library
58 N. Main Street
Newport, NH 03773
603-863-3430
fax: 603-863-3022
e-mail: [removed]@sugar-river.net
<A HREF="http://sugar-river.net/~rfl">http://sugar-river.net/~rfl</A>

FROM: "Deborah T. Walsh" <[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/9/00, 4:38 PM

I believe the book your patron is describing is *The weight of
water* by Anita Shreve.

Debbie Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
Geneva, IL
[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us

> We have a patron looking for a book by a female author. The
story takes
> place on an island near Boston. It switches back and forth in
time
> between now and 200 years ago. The modern woman discovers
evidence of a
> murder 200 years ago of a Norwegian immigrant woman who came to
this
> country with her sister. The patron thinks one of the main
characters
> was named Marit, that the book was written within the last 5
years, and
> that the author's first name may be Elizabeth.
>
> Does anyone know the title?
>
> Cathy MacArthur
> Librarian/Volunteer Coordinator
> Oshkosh Public Library
>
>
>
>
>

FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 2/9/00, 7:32 PM

This is (I'm fairly certain) The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve.

Shari Hetzke tel 847-506-2629
Secondary School Services Specialist fax 847-506-2655
Arlington Heights Memorial Library [removed]@nslsilus.org
500 North Dunton
Arlington Heights, IL 60004

FROM: "laura bates" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/10/00, 7:15 AM

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>We have a patron looking for a book by a female author. The story takes
>place on an island near Boston. It switches back and forth in time
>between now and 200 years ago. The modern woman discovers evidence of a
>murder 200 years ago of a Norwegian immigrant woman who came to this
>country with her sister. The patron thinks one of the main characters
>was named Marit, that the book was written within the last 5 years, and
>that the author's first name may be Elizabeth.
>
>Does anyone know the title?
>
>Cathy MacArthur
>Librarian/Volunteer Coordinator
>Oshkosh Public Library
>
>I believe the book you are looking for is The Weight of Water by Anita
>Shreve.

Laura Bates
Reference Librarian
Warren-Trumbull County Public Library
>
>

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