The Sea-Gull Cry

It’s post World War II, and nineteen-year-old LOUISA and her younger brother JERI have fled from Eastern Europe after their parents were killed. They now live in an old boat, beached on Cape Cod, thanks to the generosity of a local couple, the BAGHOTS. A frustrated local college professor RICHARD SMITH purchases a boat to escape his lonely and unfulfilled life. He, instead, crashes it onto the beach not far from Louisa and Jeri. Romantic feelings between Richard and Louisa begin to develop even though neither one thinks the other is interested. Meanwhile, Jeri begins a tentative romance with MEGAN, the niece of the Baghots. Robert Nathan crafts a tender and touching tale of the rapture and innocence that come with the discovery of first love.