For six summers my husband and I have spent two weeks in a cottage on Great Wass Island off the coast of Downeast Maine. We have come to know and admire the cottage owners, a hard-working family who visibly love, support and enjoy each other. Joan, the daughter, a handsome, tall, lean brunette with hazel eyes and a welcoming smile works as hard as any man in the stern of her father’s lobster boat. She lives in the home where she grew up, a gray shingled Cape overlooking their wharf and lobster pound. Enchanted by her Downeast accent, spectacular gardens, musical talent and love of animals, we asked her to share her store of childhood memories. This book is the nostalgic tale of a fisherman’s daughter growing up at Black Duck Cove on Great Wass Island, Maine.