The Saco library and museum director researched the murder of a young New Hampshire mother.
Books
Bedside Table: ‘The Splendid and the Vile’
And we think we’ve got troubles!
Susan Minot’s new story collection demonstrates her range and versatility
Couples in various stages of involvement are at the center of many of the beautifully distilled tales in ‘Why I Don’t Write.
Bedside table: The interlocking stories in ‘The Overstory’ form a paean to trees
‘The Overstory’ by Richard Powers. W.W. Norton & Company. Paperback, 512 pages, $18.95
The joy, commitment and hard work behind a friendship ‘too big to fail’
‘Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close’ gives friendship the same respect as society normally reserves for marriage and family.
Bedside Table: A stack of Bruce Robert Coffin mysteries
This reader read the first Detective Byron mystery by the local writer, and couldn’t stop.
‘Intimations’: Exquisite essays wring truths from the pandemic
Zadie Smith’s slim but amply perceptive volume is a kind of balm in an anxious year.
A Vietnamese boy grows up in a small Pennsylvania town and searches for his place in the world
In Phuc Tran’s memoir “Sigh, Gone,” books, punk rock and encouraging teachers all help him to eventually flourish.
Going home to a papermaking past, Maine native embarks on a deeply personal journey
Kerri Arsenault, who grew up in Rumford-Mexico, draws attention to a Faustian bargain with her investigative memoir.
Foreword of Michael Cohen’s book: Trump ‘wouldn’t mind if I was dead’
Michael Cohen’s memoir about President Trump will be released Sept. 8 by Skyhorse Publishing, which confirmed the news Thursday to The Associated Press.