The South Portland author’s latest book, ‘Help Wanted: One Rooster,’ depicts a struggling farm and the farm’s search for a rooster to help make things right. Plus a few other Maine reads for your kids this summer.
Books
In ‘Ask Me Again,’ the internet has answers, except those that matter
‘Ask Me Again,’ Clare Sestanovich’s debut novel, follows two young friends as they strive to make sense of their turbulent world and each other.
In ‘Continental Drifter,’ Kathy MacLeod returns to Maine, and the emotional tumult of childhood
MacLeod’s debut graphic memoir tells the story of a newly self-aware Thai American girl trying to find her place between her two homes: Bangkok and Damariscotta.
Bestsellers: ‘How to Read a Book,’ and ‘The Demon of Unrest’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
A small-town Maine librarian’s obsessions keep the pages turning
Hilarity – and chills – ensue in Portland writer Sarah Braunstein’s second novel, ‘Bad Animals.’
The world’s largest Shakespeare collection finally has the home it deserves
What light through yonder window breaks? The Folger Shakespeare Library unveils dramatic renovation, with new public galleries and amenities.
Bestsellers: ‘How to Read a Book,’ ‘The Demon of Unrest’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
A novel revisits the violence of the Tiananmen Square massacre
A Beijing-born writer wraps a coming-of-age tale around a riveting account of the months-long student protests and the horrific violence that followed.
Morgan Talty’s new novel grapples with inheritance, family and Penobscot identity
The ’emotionally isolated’ narrator of ‘Fire Exit’ longs for meaningful connection.
A Maine lobsterman’s murder launches this wily, unexpectedly affecting thriller
In Thomas E. Ricks’ ‘Everyone Knows But You,’ a grieving FBI man investigates the death of a widely detested local.