BOOKS: Isabel Allende’s latest a break from the past

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Published
May 2, 2013

BOOKS: Isabel Allende’s latest a break from the past

BY AMY DRISCOLL The Miami Herald (MCT) MAYA’S NOTEBOOK By Isabel Allende HarperCollins 400 pages, $28.99 From the start, Isabel Allende’s new novel feels like a break from the past, a deliberate distancing from the deep historical context and magical realism that have marked her work and charmed her readers across generations and national borders. […]
Published
May 2, 2013

BOOKS: ‘WOMAN UPSTAIRS:’ Obsessive love, lies and video

BY ANN LEVIN Associated Press THE WOMAN UPSTAIRS by Claire Messud Alfred A. Knopf Nora Eldridge is “the woman upstairs” in the title of Claire Messud’s new novel — “the quiet woman at the end of the third-floor hallway,” with tidy trash, a bright smile and dashed dreams of being an artist. She’s a distant […]
Published
May 2, 2013

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): RUN OF THE MILL is anything but ordinary

Put the exceptional team at Hallowell's Liberal Cup into an old Maine mill with beautiful huge spaces -- and invite them to create fabulous brewed-on-the-premises beer and tasty food -- and what do you get? The Run of the Mill Public House and Brewery in Saco.
Published
April 25, 2013

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: “Reunion at Red Paint Bay” and “The Barns of Maine”

What is the truth? Is it fact? Is it reality? Is it what you believe? Or, is it simply what you want to believe?
Published
April 25, 2013

BOOKS: Best sellers for the week of April 25

Publishers Weekly best sellers

Published
April 25, 2013

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): OFF SEASON — Now’s the time to visit the southern Maine coast

An off-season visit to a southern Maine coastal resort is a great value. The stunning scenery, coastal conservation lands, beaches, uncrowded shops and restaurants are all there for you! Of course, if you want to lay on the beach, July and August beckon.
Published
April 25, 2013

BOOKS: Pros, cons of natural solutions

ALL NATURAL: A SKEPTIC'S QUEST TO DISCOVER IF THE NATURAL APPROACH TO DIET, CHILDBIRTH, HEALING AND THE ENVIRONMENT REALLY KEEPS US HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER
Published
April 25, 2013

SPECIAL EVENTS

UMF's 3rd annual Drag Show, 9 p.m., South Dining Hall, UMF Olsen Student Center. Suggested donation is $2; kasper@maine.edu or 778-7346.
Published
April 25, 2013

‘Girl Rising’ film fundraiser at Strand

ROCKLAND -- The Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., will host a special screening of "Girl Rising," a film created as a global campaign to educate and empower girls. The film will be screened at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9.
Published
April 25, 2013

AT THE GALLERY

"Incidental Consequences," UMA Senior Exhibition, May 11-31, Danforth Gallery, University of Maine at Augusta, 46 University Drive. Opening reception will follow May 11 graduation ceremony. Accretion of nine individual artistic styles and personalities featuring: photographic works, a video installation, a graphic novel, ink drawings, mixed-media prints and plush sewn creatures. Artists include: Adrienne Beacham, of Augusta; Danielle DeWald Pease, of Hampden; Sabrina Langway, of Augusta; Jennifer Smith, of Augusta; Tim Hofmann, of Portland; Amanda Giampetro, of Winthrop; Lisa Tiger, of Waterville; Christina T. Epley, of Hallowell; and Miguel Hidalgo, of Waterville; 621-3274.