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Get acquainted with Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess and Lucy Barton
The three characters from previous Elizabeth Strout books are the focus of her latest novel, ‘Tell Me Everything.’ If you haven’t met them before, here’s some background.
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Pulitzer prize-winner Richard Powers to speak at The Music Hall
The author of ‘The Overstory’ will talk about his latest book, ‘Playground,’ in Portsmouth.
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A South Portland librarian gives a glimpse of life behind the circulation desk
During her nearly 10 years at the South Portland Public Library, Marie Plouffe has helped people decide what to read next, how to use computers and printers and looked up a huge variety of information.
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Maine Lit Fest kicks off with events from Portland to Presque Isle
This year’s festival, featuring events from Portland to Presque Isle, has a wider geographic reach than the inaugural event in 2022.
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A painful tale of rape and consequences at an elite New England boarding school
Three students narrate ‘The Sharp Edge of Silence,’ including the victim of the assault by a star athlete at the school who seems to be getting away with it.
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In a new memoir, conservative Sam Patten details the ‘Dangerous Company’ he keeps
Patten’s adventures – and misadventures – took him from Kazakhstan to Ukraine, from Nigeria to Iraq. His legal troubles didn’t lessen his self-confidence.
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In Rumaan Alam’s ‘Entitlement,’ money can drive people crazy
The author of ‘Leave the World Behind’ returns with a bleakly satirical and unnerving novel.
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Bestsellers: ‘Tell Me Everything,’ ‘The Demon of Unrest’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Monica Wood takes ‘How to Read a Book’ on a tour of small-town Maine
After a delay in the novel’s release, the Portland author was looking for a way to reinvigorate her excitement about it. She’s been finding it in little libraries throughout the state.