Unfortunately, neither the characters nor the town are believably drawn.
Books
Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Bedside table: Writer Anthony Doerr does it again
Book recommendations from readers.
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OFF RADAR: ‘Lucky Turtle: A Novel’
An exuberantly good read, and an insightful look at how racial prejudice actually works to shape, and misshape, actual lives.
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Levant author getting buzz for first story collection, set on Penobscot reservation
Morgan Talty’s book, ‘Night of the Living Rez,’ is fictional but draws heavily from his experiences.
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A naïve prep school student in Maine falls under the sway of a fanatical classmate
In ‘The World Cannot Give,’ writer Tara Isabella Burton reckons with both grand questions and contemporary trials.
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Bedside table: ‘Crying in H Mart’ left this reader crying. But that’s a-OK
Book recommendations from readers.
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Best-Sellers: ‘Big Truck Little Island,’ ‘Breaking Bread’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Read an excerpt from Morgan Talty’s ‘Night of the Living Rez’
The Levant author’s first book, a collection of short stories, comes out July 8.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Dead By Dawn’ and ‘Maine Al Fresco’
The 12th Mike Bowditch mystery by Paul Doiron, and Ron Chase’s 50 finest outdoor adventures
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AUTHOR EVENT: William Anthony
Maine author to talk about his new novel ‘Farnsy,’ set in Damariscotta