The book interweaves research and data with personal stories from new parents.
Books
Book review: ‘Lucky Turtle’ tells a sweeping coming-of-age tale of romance – and heartbreak
A teenage girl, and her older self, narrate Bill Roorbach’s latest novel, which tackles big themes of abuse, racism and love.
Bedside table: A multi-tasking reader makes her way through a tall stack
Book recommendations from readers.
In ‘Dinosaurs,’ Lydia Millet mourns the burdens a rich man bears
In Millet’s first novel since the scathing ‘A Children’s Bible,’ a wealthy man walks from New York to Phoenix to find purpose in his sad life of ease.
Best-Sellers: ‘Lucy by the Sea,’ ‘The Personal Librarian’
The top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
In ‘Less Is Lost,’ a lovable, hapless hero returns
Andrew Sean Greer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Less’ gets a sequel.
Best-sellers: ‘Lungfish,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Bedside table: Many good things wrapped in one package
Book recommendations from readers.
‘A Flick of Sunshine’ spins a thrilling yarn about a real-life Bath sailor in the late 19th-century
Father and son Frederick Hill and Alexander Jackson Hill based their book on a treasure trove of old letters they discovered written by a plucky ancestor.
Maine writers turn page on new festival
The first Maine Lit Fest will feature some 50 authors at more than 20 events in Portland and Waterville Friday through Oct. 8.