Sometimes An Island

by Ellen Meeropol

Genres: Women's Fiction

Synopsis

From burning shtetls to rising seas, one family’s journey spans generations and the fight for survival.
On a remote Maine island, a new community rises—tightly knit, off-grid, and resilient in a changing world.

After Cossacks burn their home, ten-year-old Deborah and her father flee their shtetl to a remote island on Maine's Penobscot Bay, seeking refuge and a new beginning. More than a century later, their descendants are once again uprooted, this time driven by rising seas and a collapsing world. From coastal towns to higher ground, a new community emerges: off-grid, tightly knit, and forged from an unlikely alliance of island refugees, family from Brooklyn, friends from a fractured Massachusetts co-op, and others seeking sanctuary as the political landscape grows increasingly volatile.

Release date: March 3, 2026

Publisher: Sea Crow Press

Print pages: 180