{"product_id":"whistle-for-a-wind-how-wide-the-heart","title":"Whistle for a Wind\/ How Wide the Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoth longtime fans and new readers of Elisabeth Ogilvie will enjoy Whistle for a Wind and How Wide the Heart. The two books of this special two-in-one compendium mark the true beginning of the Bennetts Island series. Whistle for a Wind is set in 1820 on Brigport (based on the Maine island of Matinicus)  where the Bennetts lived before settling on the island that bears their name. Here we meet Jamie Bennett  the patriarch of the Bennetts  and learn about island life during the year that Maine became a state. In typical Ogilvie fashion  the story revolves around a central crisis: Wreckers are luring ships onto the rocks in order to abscond with their cargo. The skipper of the Cynthia is killed in one such raid  and soon Jamie is involved in bringing the killers to justice. How Wide the Heart focuses on Ellen Douglass  daughter of Joanna Bennett and her first husband  Alec. Ellen has returned home to Bennetts Island after graduating from high school on the mainland. Once there  she is torn between attending a Boston art school and marrying her childhood sweetheart and becoming a lobstermans wife. The story becomes more complicated when a summer visitor rents Owen Bennetts fish house and attracts Ellens attention. Filled with suspense  romance  and Ogilvies trademark sense of place  these long unavailable books will be treasured by readers who desire to read more about the Bennett family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955102052405,"sku":"ByrdShop_0892726253","price":60.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780892726257.jpg?v=1770298329","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/whistle-for-a-wind-how-wide-the-heart","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}