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<\/a>Bunched lobster buoys, so much "of Maine," are not at all "of the Midwest."<\/p><\/div>\n
The question arose when RB decided to have and continue to replace Elizabeth Strout\u2019s Olive Kittredge<\/strong>. I say \u201cnot of Maine\u201d because Olive Kittredge is more a type than a Mainer. Certainly she, or her like, lives in Maine, but she lives in the North Dakota of my youth, too. And the lack of very specific place names, e.g. Harbor Woods, Barter Flats, Donut Point, Drift-in Beach, suggests the author has not been long enough in Maine. But I was the minority of one, so the question remains fun and will arise again next summer when J. Courtney Sullivan\u2019s Maine<\/strong> is out in paperback. So far the reviewed emphasis is on the four women and the hard cover has too much sand and too little clothing, brr-r-r.<\/p>\n So, if not these two books, then which ones ARE about people who, one way or another, become \u201cof Maine?\u201d Consider the following:<\/p>\n Siddon, Anne Rivers. Colony<\/strong>, a novel by a woman who married into a family who has long summered in Maine and who also writes of coastal mores in North Carolina, which might make her Maine observations especially perceptive. Okay, Roseledge Book Regulars, what do you think? What would you add? See you next year when the porch view of the harbor, a glass of chicken wine, and regetting together happen. Until then, Minnesota looms, you bet. Next post from the Group Home, as my new digs have now become.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hurricane Irene blew down (or sogged up, if rain was the beast) trees, and some of the trees fell on wires that cut electricity to homes. A Maine friend had one such tree. Her neighbor said, \u201cYour tree fell and … Continue reading
\nMcCullough, David. 1776<\/strong>, a Revolutionary War history which includes early days of Thomaston\u2019s Henry Knox.
\nSterba, Jim. Frankie\u2019s Place<\/strong>, a contemporary love story\/memoir of Mt. Desert rusticator and Michigan transplant.
\nCoatsworth, Elizabeth. Personal Geography<\/strong>, \u201calmost an autobiography\u201d of author who, with Henry Beston, lived life fully on Maine farm.
\nHeinrich, Bernd. Snoring Bird<\/strong>, \u201cmy family\u2019s journey through 100 years of biology\u201d told through the lives of mostly German father and mostly Mainer son and author.
\nZimmerman, Elizabeth. Knit One, Knit All<\/strong>, a knitting book, yes, but does the last page make it \u201cof Maine?\u201d<\/p>\n