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Bedside Table: Politics on the nightstand

One Maine reader – and we’d guess plenty more – is reading about Donald Trump from the perspective of his estranged niece.

by Lucinda Robb Special to The Washington Post December 27, 2020December 21, 2020

‘Expedition Deep Ocean’ is an old-fashioned adventure story with a happy ending.

Bet you want to know what books are on her nightstand!

In ‘Fire in the Blood,’ a paratrooper deployed to Afghanistan returns stateside after his wife dies in a mysterious hit-and-run.

by Thomas Urquhart December 20, 2020December 19, 2020

Shonna Milliken Humphrey has written a memoir, a novel and now an ode to gin.

Bonus: “Three Things I Know are True” is set in Maine.

by Ron Charles The Washington Post December 20, 2020December 15, 2020

When the Ds begin to disappear from an English town, a ‘sensible and resourceful’ girl sets out on a thoroughly modern quest for the truth.

by Joan Silverman December 13, 2020December 10, 2020

Spark, who teaches writing at Colby, has released a new book of essays on fiction. Just don’t ask her to reread her own early works.

Nonetheless, it offers hope.

by Maureen Corrigan The Washington Post December 13, 2020December 8, 2020

An editor rediscovers ‘Tomorrow Will Be Better,’ and the book turns out to be surprisingly modern.