Good Harbor

Harbor of Second Chances

On the windswept shores of Good Harbor, Massachusetts, Anita Diamant’s Good Harbor invites readers into a world where the sea both conceals and reveals long-buried truths. When Clara Seymour returns to her grandmother’s aging seaside cottage after a decade away, she expects nothing more than a quiet respite. Instead, she discovers a trove of yellowed letters, faded photographs, and a half-finished diary that chronicle her grandmother Rose’s own restless youth. As Clara wanders the dunes and tidal pools, the whisper of Atlantic waves becomes the backdrop to a family mystery that spans generations, urging her to uncover the choices that shaped the women before her.

Tides of Memory

Diamant’s elegant prose weaves together two timelines: Rose’s summer of unexpected passion in the early 1940s, and Clara’s present-day search for meaning amid loss. Through Rose’s eyes, we glimpse clandestine romances on moonlit beaches, wartime letters exchanged with a sailor at sea, and the fierce bonds of female friendship tempered by the salt air. In Clara’s narrative, the echoes of those memories resonate as she wrestles with her own crossroads—should she resume her career in Boston or follow her heart back to the simplicity of island life? The novel captures the ebb and flow of familial love, reminding us that the past always lingers just beyond the tide line.

Anchored by Hope

At its heart, Good Harbor is a celebration of resilience, healing, and the unexpected joys that surface when we allow ourselves to listen. As Clara pieces together Rose’s unfinished story, she forms unlikely alliances with a local historian, a marine biologist studying sea glass, and the man who once stole her grandmother’s heart. Each revelation brings Clara closer to understanding her own capacity for forgiveness and renewal. With luminous detail and profound compassion, Diamant crafts a novel that will leave you yearning for salt-tinged air and the promise of a new dawn. Author’s description.