Reading and Roaming
RECENT READING BOOKS SET IN MAINE Lily King is an award-winning novelist who happens to live in Portland, Maine. With that credential, she has written an engaging piece “Reading Your Way Through Maine” for the New York Times series focusing on literature from specific locales. Amongst her list of twenty titles, I was pleased to see familiar ones: …
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VIRGINIA BOOTLEGGERS Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls Set in rural Virginia during Prohibition, Jeannette Walls’ new novel, Hang the Moon, is a rollicking ride with a family of whiskey bootleggers. The Duke, Sallie Kincaid’s father and kingpin of the local economy, is a big man both in size and personality. He receives adoration but offers little in return. With …
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This week was a good one for reading, and I’ve now checked two more books off my summer list. I also watched the first season of All Heart on the treadmill, while the Chief Penguin and I learned some significant medical history in the engrossing Charite’ series. WEALTH AND HORSE RACING Trust by Hernan Diaz Argentinian author Hernan Diaz …
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BOOK OF THE WEEK Trespasses by Louise Kennedy Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, this first novel portrays gritty daily life in Belfast and its environs. The tension between neighboring Catholics and Protestants is often escalated by seemingly random acts of violence. Cushla, a young elementary school teacher, lives with her alcoholic mother and helps occasionally at …
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