Elizabeth Kelly’s choice of a four-pawed narrator adds light to a dramatic story that leaves some questions unanswered.
Books
Book review: In Jodi Paloni’s linked stories, a desire for more
‘They Could Live With Themselves’ lets readers experience the soul of a small town through its residents’ striving.
Gay Talese will promote ‘Voyeur’s Motel’
He briefly disavowed his upcoming book but changes his mind.
Book review: War on terror hero from Maine pulled into absorbing ‘First Strike’
Ben Coes’ latest is short on nuance, but its characters and twists keep it entertaining.
Book review: ‘The Life of the World to Come’ probes love and death heartfully
Dan Cluchey’s entertaining protagonist asks big questions while struggling to start over after heartbreak.
Book review: ‘Maine Nursing’ testifies to the evolution of the profession
Written by leaders in the Maine medical community, this is an engaging look at a century of progress.
Book review: Using navigation both personally and more grandly
In ‘Finding North,’ George Michelsen Foy ventures far and wide but seems to lack a definite focus.
Book review: Writer and naturalist Barbara Hurd hears deeply in ‘Listening to the Savage’
This collection of essays is an adventure in attention.