Jeanine Cummins’ new novel about migration from Mexico will get you through the winter nights. One of last year’s most memorable local news stories ran
Category: I’d Rather Be Reading
#You, too, Vanessa?
A Mainer’s breakthrough novel looks at the many facets of sexual abuse and its impact on one young woman resistant to the #metoo movement. Vanessa
MWM’s Gift Books
Novels of family. The year’s best sequel. Intriguing nonfiction from Maine. Here are a dozen of the best books from the past year, for everyone
Freakishly Good
Elizabeth Hand’s Curious Toys is a multi-layered historical thriller about a serial killer, carnival life, art and a conflicted young teen. If you’re familiar with
The Medium is the Message
Peaks Island author Mira Ptacin delves into the history of Maine’s Camp Etna, where women talk to the dead. Mira Ptacin approached her research into
An August for the books
Check out these author recommendations If you haven’t made a dent in your summer must-read list yet, you better hop to it. No excuses. What
Family ties, family truths
Interview: Sarah Blake, author of The Guest Book The Guest Book, one of this summer’s big novels, is winning well-deserved praise for author Sarah Blake.
Starting Over
Linda Holmes’ has a homerun with debut novel about honesty, second chances and baseball The title character of Evvie Drake Starts Over has been carrying
At this book club, it’s about sisterhood.
They wrapped up Michelle Obama’s Becoming and moved on to a novel that’s been compared to The Handmaid’s Tale On a recent Sunday afternoon, women
Not so lucky millennials
Review: A Wonderful Stroke of Luck by Ann Beattie Novelist Ann Beattie has turned her critical eye away from baby boomers and on to millennials
