Maine Books

I was taken back to times past, a different way of life.
Lila lived the life of a farm wife when people took time to talk and tell stories to each other. She observed the little things in life that so much of miss because we are so busy now. Her observations are quite beautiful.
Such a pleasure to read. The humor of the chicken loose in the kitchen....

My daughter, 11 y.o., loves this series! We recommend all of them as good, wholesome books for young girls.

Annette is a Patriot girl in 1783 New York. Her best friend is a Loyalist. The war is over but the British still haven't left New York. Still, Annette hopes and prays they will, and when that day comes, Annette is among the triumphant Americans that cheer.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Francis Pelletier is a gifted storywriter who crafts beautiful stories full of wit,emotion and beauty.I urge you to buy this book.

The amazing thing about this book is how intricate and beautiful it is. I'd buy it in a heartbeat!

Mike Hurley

This is an excellent book for lovers of this delicacy. Your at-home pantry will contain all the ingredients you need to enjoy Maine's finest export. Recipes are easy to follow. The "tales" of our favorite crustesean are enjoyable too!

This book is like the Parent Trap, except with more twists and turns and excitement. When Pam and Penny Kellyhorn meet at the Country Fair they realize at once that they are twins. Once met they can't get apart, and the pair soon sparks a chain of events that includes two marriages, an arsonist, and the circus in Florida. Try this book and I promise you will be reading it again and again!

Poetry flies beyond the facts of history to touch the mystery within. The poems of Christine Stewart-Nu*ez clearly have been born of the meeting of her own spirit with the story of Catherine of Siena. Catherine, I think, would be pleased.

***Suzanne Noffke, OP, translator of the works of
Catherine of Siena



Christine Stewart-Nunez's poems about Catherine of Siena are stunning, brave, and original, taking on one of religion and history's most loved yet, to my mind, least understood figures, bringing her to life on the page, giving her voice and making her human. The poems are full of the sensual delights of body and as well as the weight of the soul, each poem deftly wrought to reveal a world both real and transcendent. The Love of Unreal Things is a work that will change your life.

***Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of Dog Angel

This is a phenomenal book that I couldn't recommend more. We all watch the Simpsons, and we all know it is a highly political show, but how much thought have you really given it? Well this book does a superb job of identifying and analyzing the political messages within the show.

First off, I'm one of the "Nouveau Mainers" Elizabeth Peavey mentions in this collection of her essays. She is correct when she writes that most transplants to Maine embrace the state with a passion, and that many native Maine-ahs (as with most people anywhere, for that matter) will often overlook some amazing things to be found in their own back yard.

I appreciated Elizabeth Peavey's desire to reconnect with a place she had once wanted to leave and to discover new things, starting from scratch in some respects.

I remember reading a few of her stories in Down East Magazine and when I saw this compilation of her work at a book store in Bangor I picked it up right away. I enjoy her sprightly, inquisitive writing style and the stories in this collection are always interesting, often amusing, and also very concise, so regrettably a reader will breeze through this book rather quickly.

This book may invoke a serious case of wanderlust among readers, and perhaps I shouldn't have read it in March when cabin fever is at an all time high!
I enjoyed "Maine And Me" and I look forward to reading more of Elizabeth Peavey's adventures of discovery in the Pine Tree State.

-Michael Alden
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