New Hampshire

Bonnie said, "I recommend Beachcombing For A Shipwrecked God by Joe Coomer, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading. One character leaves Kentucky after being widowed and winds up in New Hampshire living on a boat with the elderly owner and a 17-year-old girl."

Nine weeks after losing her husband, Charlotte escapes to New Hampshire, where she takes up residence on a wooden motor yacht named after Don Quixote's horse. Her landlady is an aging blue-haired trompe l'oeil artist, and her cabin mate is an overweight adolescent with an abusive boyfriend. Together these three laugh, cry, and battle injustices.

Off the boat, Charlotte, an archaeologist, joins a local excavation to uncover an ancient graveyard. Here she can indulge her passion for reconstructing the past, even as she tries to bury her own recent history. She comes to realize, however, that the currents of time are as fluid and persistent as the water that drifts beneath her comforting new home. Together the shipmates share some unforgettable adventures, including a madcap trip on the sea in search of the house of Anne of Green Gables.