The Rev. Andrew Greeley, who wrote more than 50 best-sellers, never hesitated to criticize the Roman Catholic Church.
Books
Signings, etc.: Jeff Foltz
Camden resident and author Jeff Foltz will sign copies of his new novel, “Two Men Ten Suns” and his award-winning novel, “Birkebeiner, A Story of Motherhood and War.” Foltz’s latest work is set during World War II and follows the lives of an American scientist and a Japanese officer, each battling his obsessions and flaws […]
Best-Sellers
FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “The High Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate,” by Scott Nash (Candlewick) 2. “Dahlov Ipcar’s Maine Alphabet,” by Dahlov Ipcar (Islandport) 3. “Mockingjay,” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic) 4. “The Interestings,” by Meg Wolitzer (Riverhead) 5. “The Hit,” by David Baldacci (Grand Central) 6. “Tapestry of Fortunes,” by Elizabeth Berg (Random House) […]
Book Review: Doctor’s story gets to heart of chosen limits
Laura Warren is a radiologist in a small coastal Maine hospital. Always overjoyed when cancer isn’t found in her patients, she lives a quiet life of metastasized grief and regret that she hides from everyone, especially her husband, Dan, and Ben and Sally, her teenage son and daughter. Bright, extremely well read and a native […]
Author Q&A: A woman walks into a bar and finds community and culture
Thousands of hours of research give columnist Rosie Schaap stories about being a woman who frequents bars.
Signings, etc.: R. Ann Rousseau
Author Robin Ann Rousseau will discuss her new novel, “Portsmouth: A Love Story,” which takes readers on a journey through the main streets and back doors of New Hampshire’s Seacoast, past and present. Meet the ghost of Hannah at the Three Chimneys Inn in Durham; walk the beautiful beach at Wallis Sands in Rye; and […]
Book Review: Book a memoir for people of the woods
“Someone — I wish I could remember who — has since described me as ‘a man in the woods with his head full of books, and a man in books with his head full of the woods.’ “ So writes Sidney Lea, Vermont’s current poet laureate. Without sentiment but with a lot of love, his […]
Author Q&A: Sleuth-telling
For Victoria Doudera, a detour into selling real estate opened the door that led to writing what’s become a series of mystery books.
Best-Sellers
FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Poems to Learn by Heart,” by Caroline Kennedy (Disney) 2. “I Love Bugs,” by Philemon Sturges (HarperCollins) 3. “Gone Girl,” by Gillian Flynn (Crown) 4. “Good Night Maine,” by Adam Gamble (Our World of Books) 5. “If I Built a House,” by Chris Van Dusen (Dial) 6. “Blueberries for Sal,” by Robert […]
Book Review: Tracing the ebb and flow of grief
A tsunami survivor shares her story about loss and healing in ‘Wave.’