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Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: A trio of books from Maine authors
New releases from David Carew, Lynn Plourde and Astrid Sheckels
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OFF RADAR: ‘Adopting Anton’
Anyone contemplating adopting a child should read this book. And so should anyone who wants to get a picture of the actual people whose lives are being destroyed by the Russian military.
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Tess Gunty, Imani Perry among National Book Awards winners
Gunty was among three writers nominated for their first published books.
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Best-sellers: ‘Liberation Day, ‘Lydia Maria Child’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Book review: The search for meaning in a deconstructed library
The prose poems in ‘Antique Densities’ are fantastical yet reassuringly matter-of-fact.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Moon in Full’ and ‘Mystery of the Lost Lynx’
A modern-day coming-of-age story by Marpheen Chann, and the latest in the Copper & Packrat series
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Bedside table: OK, it’s just past Halloween, but we’ve got candy on our mind
Book recommendations from readers.
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Tale of a real-life gardener – who made nearby islands bloom – will grow on you
‘Celia Planted a Garden’ introduces children to Celia Thaxter, a well-known poet and gardener in her time, who all her life cherished flowers, birds and the Isles of Shoals.
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OFF RADAR: ‘Sailing at the Edge of Disaster’
Elizabeth Garber’s account of an adventure on a star-crossed sailing vessel, as well as a family’s dark emotional troubles.