Kate Shaffer’s newest cookbook also serves as a guidebook.
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An unvarnished account of her father’s decline from Lou Gehrig’s disease
‘All the Colors Came Out’ is unsparing about the burdens and rewards of taking care of an ill parent.
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Under the shadow of World War II, an ordinary family’s extraordinary impact
Told through remarkable correspondences, ‘The Weidners in Wartime’ tracks one family’s path to Resistance heroism.
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The story of Europe’s infamous witch trials gets the Monty Python treatment
The comedy that runs through Rivka Galchen’s “Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch” is a magical brew of absurdity and brutality.
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Bedside Table: How to get through tough times? This book, set in World War II, has some answers
“I recently finished reading ‘Symphony for the City of the Dead’ by M.T. Anderson and winner of several awards. This book was chosen by my book club and was based on the true story of Soviet-Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who used his musical talents to bring hope to the people of his country during the […]
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Maine writers, poets and artists respond to ‘A Dangerous New World’
In the pages of this collection on climate change, loss, grief, hope – and calls to action – mingle.
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David Diop wins International Booker Prize with World War I story
The international contest is open to fiction in any language that has been translated into English.
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Rockport librarian wins Crime Wave Flash Fiction contest
Some clues: a lime-green handbag, a beige car and $100 bill in the parking lot.
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Bedside table: An animal helped this reader get through the pandemic
“Right now I’m reading and studying ‘Horse Speak: The Equine-Human Translation Guide’ by Sharon Wilsie and Gretchen Vogel. It’s about listening and talking with horses using the same body language and breath sounds that they use to communicate with each other. Using the techniques in the book, I’m building a deeper understanding and a more […]
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‘River Voices’: In a new volume of essays, the Presumpscot gets its due
Artists and others describe the 25-mile-long river from the varied lenses of science, history and literature.
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