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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Murky Overhead’ and ‘Second Growth’
A delightfully deliberate and vividly wordy blend of historical fiction and family saga, and a complex and grim portrayal of Maine families struggling in 1959-1960
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Best-Sellers: ‘The Hotel Nantucket,’ ‘This Will Not Pass’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books and More in South Portland.
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Book review: In fictional ‘Oslo, Maine,’ a musical couple from away collides with the locals
Unfortunately, neither the characters nor the town are believably drawn.
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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.