A Year by the SeaBy: Joan Anderson The basis for the major motion picture of the same name. An entrancing memoir of how one woman's journey of self discovery gave her the courage to persevere in re creating her life. Life is a work in progress, as ever changing as a sandy shoreline along the beach. During the years Joan Anderson was a loving wife and supportive mother, she had slowly and unconsciously replaced her own dreams with the needs of her family. With her sons