)was born in Cape Random, but was taken away be her English mother while she was still an. In Cape Random, the people lived and survived through fishing. The "modern" Lavinia, begins the story as a young girl with her mother as she gets married for the second time. Since Lav does not know much about her families background she tries to get a little information out of her mother before decides to move to California. She learns that Charlotte (her mother) met David Andrews (her father) while he was attending the war in Portsmouth, married him and migrated to the outport village of Cape Random to wait for him return. Lav was told that her father was killed in the war. Lav's l
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