The Abbott family are “summer people” at Ocean Park on the Washington Island Peninsula. Wealthy and accustomed to summering at the seashore, they employ a “girl” and generally keep themselves separate from the local population on the Peninsula. At home in Portland, Oregon, they have horses and carriages, important friends, fine silk dresses, a pet pony, and all the comforts a wealthy dry goods business can provide. Mama was raised in a wealthy family, and her only training in life was to become the wife of a wealthy businessman. When the floods of 1894 bankrupt Papa’s business, the Abbotts are unprepared for their new way of life. In Sarah and Me and the Lady From the Sea, Patricia Beatty has written a lovely story about a family learning how to take care of themselves and each other. 

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