BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Secret Pool,’ ‘Nic and Nellie,’ and ‘Fancy and Francis’

Happening

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October 24, 2013

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Secret Pool,’ ‘Nic and Nellie,’ and ‘Fancy and Francis’

Vernal pools are everywhere in Maine in the springtime, especially in the cool woods where the pools teem with life most folks never see.
Published
October 24, 2013

BOOKS: Mesmerizing blend of fact and fiction

In the 1930s, a man who called himself Cornelius O. Pierson began to correspond with a 45-year-old widow struggling to raise three young children in suburban Chicago. She had written to a matrimonial bureau -- the Depression-era version of online dating -- seeking someone with whom she might find "true friendship, fidelity and matrimony."
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October 24, 2013

BOOKS: Alice McDermott delivers the ordinary with exquisite touch

After a seven-year hiatus, National Book Award winner Alice McDermott returns with her seventh novel, "Someone," a quiet tour de force of a story. McDermott writes in lyrical yet methodical prose about an ordinary woman living an ordinary life, a seemingly nonstory with heartache, joy, suffering and beauty all simmering beneath the scattered recollections that make up the novel.
Published
October 17, 2013

BOOKS: Authors to discuss Katahdin region history

WINTHROP -- John W. Neff and Howard R. Whitcomb will share their knowledge of the Katahdin region's history and discuss the creation of their book, "Baxter State Park and Katahdin" at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Bailey Library.
Published
October 17, 2013

BOOKS: Talk, book signing at Norlands

LIVERMORE -- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center in Livermore will host independent historical researcher and author Michael Hill at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Washburn Memorial Library. Hill will share the story of Livermore's Elihu Washburne.

Published
October 17, 2013

BOOKS: ‘The Wrong Girl’ has strong plot,timely theme

Adoptions build families and, despite problems, foster care can be a safe haven for children in transition to a new home. But greed can turn even the best of intentions into a scam and the foster care system is fraught with problems, as newspaper headlines prove.
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October 17, 2013

BOOKS: ‘TOP DOWN:’ JFK novel lacks impact

"What if?" is a tried-and-true starting point for a novelist. In the case of "Top Down," PBS newsman and veteran fiction writer Jim Lehrer asks an intriguing question but doesn't quite come up with an equally intriguing answer.
Published
October 17, 2013

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Step it up at 88

When we enjoyed an elegant meal last year at 88, we didn't think this restaurant at the Spruce Point Inn could get any better. But this year, they really stepped it up.
Published
October 10, 2013

BOOKS: Clinton author announces new release

D.P. Lyons, of Clinton, has announced the release of his new book “Sully Street.”
Published
October 10, 2013

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