The Dawning of the Day

Pleasant reading, the characters are lively and valid. . . . Ogilvie has done a splendid job of giving each character on the island an identity, a personality, an individuality—and has preserved these distinctions adroitly in the helter-skelter of conflict. ~The New York Times

There aren’t many things as fresh and clean as the wind that sweeps across the rocks and spruces of a Maine island, but a book by [Elisabeth Ogilvie], who started writing so she could buy a Maine island of her own, is about as close as you can get. ~The Boston Globe

Plot enough for the technician, love enough for the escapist, psychology enough for the thoughtful and enough Maine atmosphere for the enthusiast. It is indeed a winning novel that has something for everyone. . . . The story has, not only a nice feeling for people, but a graceful descriptive fluency. It is something better than a charming love story; it is a contribution to our regional literature. ~Chicago Tribune