For an amazing 23 years now, Maine fiddler/vocalist Erica Brown has been entertaining audiences here in Maine and around New England with her considerable talents. She also fronts a band called The Bluegrass Connection — which will be performing at Jewett Auditorium at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: “Canada” and “E.B. White on Dogs”
The first two sentences of Richard Ford’s new novel are probably the most powerful and intriguing of any in a 2012 novel: “First, I’ll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then about the murders which happened after.”
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BOOKS: ‘LIFE AFTER LIFE’ Living and dying (and living again)
In Kate Atkinson’s “Life After Life,” Ursula Todd is born in the British countryside in 1910 — and dies almost immediately, umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, “a helpless little heart beating wildly. Stopped suddenly like a bird dropped from the sky.”
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Oxford House Inn is a new favorite getaway
What do you get when you combine a stunning view of Maine’s western mountains, a historic lovingly restored house and delicious creative cuisine? You get Fryeburg’s Oxford House Inn. And you should get there soon.
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BOOKS: Berlin cop Bernie Gunther back on the beat
Most historical thrillers set against the background of World War II focus on the Allied side. But Scottish author Philip Kerr’s novels about Berlin cop Bernie Gunther go behind the scenes of German life during and after WWII. Written out of sequence, these richly plotted novels are mainstays of best-sellers lists.
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BOOKS: ‘Best Baldacci novel in years’
BY JEFF AYERS Associated Press THE HIT By David Baldacci Grand Central Publishing Will Robie, a government assassin seen in last year’s “The Innocent,” returns in a bigger and bolder adventure in David Baldacci’s new novel, “The Hit.” Robie’s superiors know he’ll obey orders without question, so when one of his colleagues goes rogue, he’s […]