Reading and Roaming
ARRIVING We landed in Portland on Thursday afternoon expecting cool breezes, but it was hot. Not as hot as we North Carolinians have been experiencing, but HOT for Maine. Also because we spent more time wandering around outside in the bright sun than at home. Overall, the heat prompted a lazier approach to our 36 hours …
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ON THE SMALL SCREEN The Other Bennet Sister (BritBox) Mary Bennet is the odd sister out. Very smart, but plain compared to her other sisters, she is harassed, berated by her mother, and oftentimes just ignored by her many siblings. In Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, she is viewed as having no marital prospects, while her sisters all gain …
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SUMMER READING Last One Out by Jane Harper Last One Out is Australian novelist Jane Harper’s sixth book. It’s a mystery, but one with a slow burn. For the fifth anniversary of her son Sam’s disappearance, Ro Crowley returns from Sydney to the small town of Carralon Ridge for the annual memorial event. She and her husband Griff are …
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THEATER: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC Death of a Salesman (Broadway, Winter Garden Theatre) Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, was written in 1948 and has been presented in theaters and on television and as a film many times since. I vividly recall seeing Lee J. Cobb in the title role with Mildred Dunnock as his wife Linda in the …
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