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Bestsellers: ‘Three Days in June,’ ‘How We Learn to Be Brave’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Tove Jansson’s ‘Sun City’ takes up a rare subject in fiction: Old age
Jansson’s novel, recently reissued, follows a group of residents at a retirement community in Florida.
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In a powerful new book, a hero of the Civil Rights era tells her story to children
Claudette Colvin co-wrote the book, about bus boycotts and a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, with Portland writer Phillip Hoose.
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As Stowe house reopens, there’s more to learn about ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’
The novel isn’t taught as much in schools, but you again can visit the Brunswick house where Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote it.
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Bestsellers: ‘Small Things Like These,’ ‘The Let Them Theory’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Curtis Sittenfeld’s bravura collection revisits her first creation
One of the stories reacquaints readers with the protagonist of Sittenfeld’s 2005 debut, the novel ‘Prep.’ As a group, the stories are ‘expertly crafted and hugely engaging.’
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‘A Town Built by Ski Bums’ left this reviewer hungry for more
Virginia M. Wright’s book about the Carrabassett Valley is good as far as it goes. But it could have gone further.
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In this devastating novel, a motorcycle accident ruptures a life
Brigitte Giraud’s deeply autobiographical novel, ‘Live Fast,’ earned one of France’s most prestigious literary prizes.
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Chris Van Dusen’s children’s books come to life in Maine Maritime exhibit
‘Upon That Isle in Maine’ opened this month at the Maine Maritime Museum, focusing on the maritime-themed books by the Camden author and illustrator.