Books
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2025
Bestsellers: ‘Onyx Storm,’ ‘The Let Them Theory’
The week's top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2025
A life nearly wrecked — and then rescued — by books
In 'Bibliophobia,' Sarah Chihaya combines criticism and memoir to write about reading’s role in a life’s highs and lows.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2025
Maine writer and civil rights pioneer team up on new kids’ book
Phillip Hoose collaborated on 'Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!' about Colvin's refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2025
In a new memoir, Jennifer Finney Boylan reflects on gender differences
'Cleavage,' a follow-up to the transgender writer's earlier memoir, tackles important questions with charm and humor.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2025
What if you could mold the man of your dreams out of a blob?
In Maggie Su’s novel 'Blob,' a young woman transforms a gelatinous splotch into an object of affection, with mixed results.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2025
Bestsellers: ‘Onyx Storm,’ ‘Wintering’
The week's top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2025
Nostalgia proves to be double-edged in this painstakingly etched novel
In Elise Juska’s 'Reunion,' three friends harboring secrets attend their COVID-postponed 25th college reunion in fictional Sewall, Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2025
Bestsellers: ‘Small Things Like These,’ ‘The Let Them Theory’
The week's top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2025
What reading about dead people tells us about life
The best obituaries, those that are most enjoyable to read, juxtapose obvious public accomplishments with the sheer strangeness of people’s lives.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2025
‘Leonard Cohen’ is a departure for writer Jeffrey Lewis
Lewis' latest work follows the life and travels of a musician named Leonard Cohen. But not THE Leonard Cohen, an inadequacy that the protagonist feels keenly.
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