In the 1890 thriving coastal town of holliston, maine, the leading Lumber Baron's son, warren brentwood, iii, returns from his years away at college and traveling to take up his position as heir apparent to his father's ...In the 1890 thriving coastal town of holliston, maine, the leading Lumber Baron's son, warren brentwood, iii, returns from his years away at college and traveling to take up his position as heir apparent to his father's business empire.esperanza estrada, daughter of a portuguese immigrant fisherman and a local woman, espy lives on the wrong side of the tracks, surrounded by a brood of brothers and sisters and a careworn mother.