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In the 1970s, Madeleine Blais's in-laws purchased a vacation house on Martha's Vineyard for the exorbitant total of $80,000. Two-point-two a long way down a terribly marked, one lane dirt road, the home was better termed a shack - it got no electricity, no modern plumbing related, the roof covering leaked, and mice got invaded the walls. It had been perfect. Relaxing on Tisbury Great Fish pond - well-stocked with oysters and crab for foraged meals - the home faced the ocean and the sky, and even though it was eventually changed by way of a sturdier framework, the ethos remained the same: no heating, no TV, no telephone. Instead, there were countless time at the beach, dishes grilled and savored with friends, times conversing under the stars, until finally, the home was bought from 2014. To the New Owners is Madeleine Blais's alluring, evocative memoir of the house, and of the Vineyard itself - from the annals of the island and its famous visitors to the ferry, the pie retailers, the quirky charms and traditions, and the abundant natural splendor. But more than that, this can be an elegy for a special place.
