In ‘Slow Motion,’ Jennifer Dupree tells the story of her decades-long friendship with Marcel, a man living with cerebral palsy in Maine.
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Confronted with national divide, Maine historian looks back in time
Colin Woodard’s ‘Nations Apart’ warns about the perils of autocracy.
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A fascinating month-by-month guide introduces young readers to the Northeast woods
Lavishly illustrated by Down East resident Jada Fitch, ‘The Forest Revealed’ is aimed at child naturalists, but offers just as much for adults.
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A whodunit becomes something more in Kate Russo’s sophomore novel
Largely set at a fictional Maine college, ‘Until Alison’ reckons with a student’s murder and her former friend’s guilty conscience.
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A disregarded object gets (more than?) its due in ‘Rope’
Cape Elizabeth writer Tim Queeney looks at the everyday tool through time, from Neanderthal to Mars exploration.
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Margaret Atwood’s long-awaited memoir is a humble look at greatness
In ‘Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts,’ the author best known for ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ offers a wise and witty account of the life that shaped her writing.
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In the rollicking ‘White Python World Tour,’ ’80s metal band meets spy thriller
Scarborough resident Travis Kennedy’s debut novel is terrific fun from first page to last.
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Poet Samaa Abdurraqib looks back while looking ahead
In her new collection, ‘Towards a Retreat,’ she examines foundational experiences and extols the natural world as refuge.
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Residents on a tiny island in Maine struggle as climate change reshapes their lives
In alternating chapters, the many well-drawn characters in ‘Little Great Island’ each gets to tell the story from their perspective.
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A spider who is mistaken for a kitten learns it’s A-OK to be yourself
‘Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten’ is charmingly illustrated by Gorham artist Kevin Hawkes.