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Spoonhandle
With this long, beautifully realized novel, Ruth More takes her place as a major writer, one of the finest fiction talents to write of Maine for many decades. She knows Maine and its people, especially their humor, for this novel is rich with the indigenous humor of the Maine coast. Spoondhandle is a heartening book, alive and evocative, the product of an artist sure of her material, certain and marvelously clear, able to give a main character his head and spin him out to full length.
Miss Moore writes of a Maine community, especially of the Stilwells. She depicts Pete Stilwell and his sister Agnes, who wanted money and thought they could get it by siding with the summer people against their neighbors, and their brothers, Willie and Hod, who lived on Little Spoon Island and fished for a living.
Miss Moore writes of a Maine community, especially of the Stilwells. She depicts Pete Stilwell and his sister Agnes, who wanted money and thought they could get it by siding with the summer people against their neighbors, and their brothers, Willie and Hod, who lived on Little Spoon Island and fished for a living.
378 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1946
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Ruth Moore
27 books29 followersRuth Moore (1903–1989) was an important Maine author of the twentieth century. She is best known for her honest portrayals of Maine people and evocative descriptions of the state. Now primarily thought of as a regional writer, Moore was a significant literary figure on the national stage during her career. Her second novel Spoonhandle spent fourteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in the company of George Orwell, W. Somerset Maugham and Robert Penn Warren. In her time, Moore was hailed as "New England's only answer to Faulkner".
In 1940 Ruth met Eleanor Mayo, an aspiring writer also from Maine, and the two soon became a couple. They returned to New York where Ruth got a job with The Readers Digest while writing her first novel, The Weir, which was published in 1943.
In 1940 Ruth met Eleanor Mayo, an aspiring writer also from Maine, and the two soon became a couple. They returned to New York where Ruth got a job with The Readers Digest while writing her first novel, The Weir, which was published in 1943.
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April 7, 2020
There is something special about a good old-fashioned story. Spoonhandle is story telling at its finest. Not a thriller or a mystery, though there is some suspense about the way things will turn out. The characters were the most wonderful people, good and bad, warts and all. The setting is a fishing village on the coast of Maine that is seeing an influx of summer people looking to get away from it all. The locals are looking to benefit by an improved economy and better lives for themselves, but also realize that they are losing a lot of their independence. I came to know and love every member of Spoonhandle, their quirks and habits, their flaws and character traits, yes, even Pete Stilwell, the swindling penny-pinching store owner. His sister Agnes was a horror, but his two younger brothers, Willie and Hod, go into my beloved characters hall of fame. "What would Willie do?" might be my new mantra.
This has a perfect ending, with every single thing wrapped up to my satisfaction. Another book pulled off my shelf that has turned out to be a delight. I haven't had many 5 star books in 2020, so I was due.
This has a perfect ending, with every single thing wrapped up to my satisfaction. Another book pulled off my shelf that has turned out to be a delight. I haven't had many 5 star books in 2020, so I was due.
May 15, 2020
This is a sweet, easy-going trip to a small coastal town and island in Maine in 1936–1937. It’s slow-moving and meandering—the frictions between people draw you in but this is not a compelling plot—it picks up some drama after the first 200 pages. What I liked most was realizing that there were women like me there: women who had concerns about freedom and careers, women who didn’t play games with men. Most of the novels I’ve read that take place in the ’30s and ’40s have given me the impression that game-playing was the only way women could function. I’ve often thought that I never could have survived in earlier generations. But obviously this is not the case. It’s just that so few writers have written full women who dealt with their inner yearnings during that time in this country. I also liked the deep understanding Moore had for the subconscious impulses under behavior, although the extensive spelling out, although not overwritten exposition (there’s nothing to cut; it’s a style) weighed on me.
In short, I liked the book, with reservations.
In short, I liked the book, with reservations.
July 28, 2020
About a month ago I received a package in the mail from my sister who lives in Colorado. I was puzzled when I opened it and found a tattered, blue, worn out book with yellowing pages that had been published in 1946. I called my sis saying, “What the heck?”
She told me she thought I might like it, and that she knew it would be hard for me to find a copy on my own since none of Ruth Moore’s books are available at most libraries, on Libby, or on Audible.
Well, she was absolutely correct! I loved it! This story held me in a spell and carried me away from all the current worries of the world and into the 1930s and the lives of a handful of families living on the beautiful remote island of Spoonhandle off the coast of Maine.
The characters were well developed and believable, the use of language was rich and engaging. (I swear could hear the waves and smell the salty wind rolling in on the coast.) Amidst the charm and humor of the story, the plot touched on issues relevant today, and possibly forever: How do we treat people who look or live differently from ourselves? Is the development of land progressive or destructive for a community? What is a community’s responsibility for assisting troubled youth? How does gossip and the exclusion of some affect the community at large?
When there were only about ten pages left in the book, I stopped reading for a couple days because I just didn’t want the story to end.
I finally did finish it, and when I did, I proceeded to order six more shabby, tattered, worn out books by Ruth Moore. I can’t wait for them to arrive!
An excerpt from p. 257-8:
“ Winter is a time of gear overhauling in the fish houses, snug with fires built in oil drum stoves, of building traps and painting bouys, of mending the dragnet that the shark tore through. The shark himself is keen in the memory and the gaping hole he made is here and now. But the warm weather, the summertime, lost in the blizzard that drives the small drift under the windowsill, is as unreal as a ghost until it comes again. The talk above the tapping hammers is gusty and loud, but to a man going home to supper, walking through the snowy twilight is like walking through a dream, and the house looming in blown whiteness is a house of sleep.
Winter is the time of wood cutting, the hollow thung of the axes like bells among the tree boles; the clean track of the wood sled and the brown dung of the horses in the snow; the frosty maple-butt flying apart on the chopping block at the touch of the ax.
In the early mornings, blue with snow and coming late, the deer comes to the orchard, digging with her cold hooves for the frozen buried apples; and in the time after the gear is overhauled and the wood is cut and the boat is painted, content comes out or loneliness bites deep, depending on whether people are content or lonely.”
She told me she thought I might like it, and that she knew it would be hard for me to find a copy on my own since none of Ruth Moore’s books are available at most libraries, on Libby, or on Audible.
Well, she was absolutely correct! I loved it! This story held me in a spell and carried me away from all the current worries of the world and into the 1930s and the lives of a handful of families living on the beautiful remote island of Spoonhandle off the coast of Maine.
The characters were well developed and believable, the use of language was rich and engaging. (I swear could hear the waves and smell the salty wind rolling in on the coast.) Amidst the charm and humor of the story, the plot touched on issues relevant today, and possibly forever: How do we treat people who look or live differently from ourselves? Is the development of land progressive or destructive for a community? What is a community’s responsibility for assisting troubled youth? How does gossip and the exclusion of some affect the community at large?
When there were only about ten pages left in the book, I stopped reading for a couple days because I just didn’t want the story to end.
I finally did finish it, and when I did, I proceeded to order six more shabby, tattered, worn out books by Ruth Moore. I can’t wait for them to arrive!
An excerpt from p. 257-8:
“ Winter is a time of gear overhauling in the fish houses, snug with fires built in oil drum stoves, of building traps and painting bouys, of mending the dragnet that the shark tore through. The shark himself is keen in the memory and the gaping hole he made is here and now. But the warm weather, the summertime, lost in the blizzard that drives the small drift under the windowsill, is as unreal as a ghost until it comes again. The talk above the tapping hammers is gusty and loud, but to a man going home to supper, walking through the snowy twilight is like walking through a dream, and the house looming in blown whiteness is a house of sleep.
Winter is the time of wood cutting, the hollow thung of the axes like bells among the tree boles; the clean track of the wood sled and the brown dung of the horses in the snow; the frosty maple-butt flying apart on the chopping block at the touch of the ax.
In the early mornings, blue with snow and coming late, the deer comes to the orchard, digging with her cold hooves for the frozen buried apples; and in the time after the gear is overhauled and the wood is cut and the boat is painted, content comes out or loneliness bites deep, depending on whether people are content or lonely.”
March 28, 2025
In the beginning, we are introduced to Spoon Island off the coast of Maine and the adjoining Little Spoon Island. The ancestral inhabitants are the four Stilwell siblings. Agnes the social climber and Pete the store owner and businessman. Willie and Hod, lobstermen, live almost like hermits on Little Spoon. The story is about how the villagers and the Stilwells contend with each other and the encroaching summer people. These are colorful characters, the coast of Maine is a character as well.
Ruth Moore was a Mainer herself so authenticity shows on every page. Unfortunately, I found it easy to put down and it took me many days to finish.
Ruth Moore was a Mainer herself so authenticity shows on every page. Unfortunately, I found it easy to put down and it took me many days to finish.
June 14, 2019
Some of the best and also most heart wrenching writing I have read in a long time. Funny how the characters felt about Maine tourism and “summer people” in 1937 is how many of us still feel about it today. Like New York and Boston took a puke.
March 26, 2019
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I read it for a class I'm taking. I had not heard of Ruth Moore or this book before, but I absolutely loved it. Such a beautifully captured snapshot of 1930s life on the Maine coast. I want to find more of Moore's books now.
September 25, 2022
This. Is a hidden gem about Maine Island life
June 14, 2025
a very beautiful book. loved the integration of all the different community members and the love subplot!! it was really so good. highly recommend
April 7, 2022
Captivating story. Ruth Moore has an uncanny ability to allow us to peek inside the mind of one character after another without the shift in perspective seeming choppy.
May 17, 2021
"To any American town" reads the dedication of this novel, one of 13 (from 1943-1979) by Ruth Moore, whom I'd never heard of. I'm glad it was recommended to me. Rooted in Maine, Spoonhandle is an "American regional classic" that deserves more attention (I had the same reaction to John Ehle's The Land Breakers, about white settlers in western North Carolina.) To that end, a Maine publisher has issued this 2020 edition of a book originally published in 1946. Spoonhandle is sort of Dickensian, in its cast of characters with their accents, some a bit cliched--but when it matters, Moore portrays complex relationships subtly and deftly. The imbalance between a strict older woman who takes in a rebellious foster child is very well done; we understand both points of view, from the inside. You want to say, oh, just talk to each other! This kid's mistrustful, lonely, yearning personality rings true. I also liked the character of Ann, a former resident of this remote coastal town who returns from the big city, after a failed love affair. You can see Katherine Hepburn playing this part--need I say more? She hunkers down to write a book in a fixed-up shed, with the old-school community tut-tutting--that ain't women's work. An old friend, a reticent fisherman, provides companionship and help--and maybe romance...? but again, their relationship isn't an easy one. Meanwhile, there's a sinister plot to deceive the locals into selling off their land for development into luxury mansions to people "from away." The descriptions of that land, and the weather, and the tough life of small-scale commercial fishing, are wonderful.
June 7, 2020
I just loved this. I read the first 200 pages and enjoyed it so much but got sidetracked. When I came back to it, I reread those pages and enjoyed them again. The book was written in 1946 about a small dying town on an island in Maine. A friend from Maine suggested reading it as we hoped to go there this year, but now there is a pandemic....
I found this to be beautifully written with descriptions of people who seem so real in their vividly created life on the water and surrounded by the woods, ocean, nature and the encroaching modern city life. The characters seem quite real with genuine subtle emotions and feelings.
I look forward to reading this book again sometime. Maybe after the pandemic when we can more easily travel to Maine!
I found this to be beautifully written with descriptions of people who seem so real in their vividly created life on the water and surrounded by the woods, ocean, nature and the encroaching modern city life. The characters seem quite real with genuine subtle emotions and feelings.
I look forward to reading this book again sometime. Maybe after the pandemic when we can more easily travel to Maine!
March 24, 2021
Page 43 - About the old widow, Miss Mackay - “Bob Mackay and the three boys had roared talk around this table while she sat like a rock with water washing over it, enjoying every minute, just so long as she didn’t have to think of any words to say.”
Page 222 - “what is is about building a fire that helps lonely people? She thought. The warmth, of course, but that’s only a substitute. Maybe it goes back to the times when a fire was about all the humanity people had.
Page 257 - “winter is a time of gear overhauling in the fishing houses, snug with fires built in oil-drum stoves...” and so on ♥️♥️
Page 222 - “what is is about building a fire that helps lonely people? She thought. The warmth, of course, but that’s only a substitute. Maybe it goes back to the times when a fire was about all the humanity people had.
Page 257 - “winter is a time of gear overhauling in the fishing houses, snug with fires built in oil-drum stoves...” and so on ♥️♥️
November 14, 2022
Highly recommended. This is the quintessential Maine novel, published in 1946 but relevant today. It's got humor, romance, tragedy, social issues, great descriptions of the land and sea, and wonderful characters. Long but rewarding.
February 22, 2021
A period piece, and a pleasant one. Reading this is like watching a 1940's film (in black and white, of course). It's also reminiscent of a lot of other rural genre books -- "Wineburg Ohio," "Olive Kitteredge," and so forth.
The writing is a bit rough and plain, but that may have been by design. There is a surprising amount of dialect, including many apparently English words I have never encountered before. In a stretch of perhaps twenty pages, I encountered "jeasley," "you sog!," "eat a nice tact," "By joppy!" and more.
Not many surprises to the plot. The reader knows how most (though not quite all) of the situations will resolve themselves. There is something comfortable in that, a style of story-telling which is less common these days.
On the other hand, it was striking how familiar Maine in 1937 is to those of us living here today. There is a social conservatism (a woman wearing slacks on the train is appalling to her father), and political as well. The anti-Roosevelt and anti-Democrat comments which turn up frequently relate to the "Red State" aspects of much of rural Maine (though not usually the coastal region). Gentrification continues to be a controversial issue, especially these days in Portland, as it is in this story. Summer residents are viewed with ambivalence (at best), and people "from away" who live year-round are not easily welcomed into local society. ("It took them a little time, always, to get used to anyone new.")
I'm not quite as wowed by the book as most other readers are, but did enjoy it and will probably read more of what Moore wrote. But it does indeed strike chords for anyone familiar with Maine.
The writing is a bit rough and plain, but that may have been by design. There is a surprising amount of dialect, including many apparently English words I have never encountered before. In a stretch of perhaps twenty pages, I encountered "jeasley," "you sog!," "eat a nice tact," "By joppy!" and more.
Not many surprises to the plot. The reader knows how most (though not quite all) of the situations will resolve themselves. There is something comfortable in that, a style of story-telling which is less common these days.
On the other hand, it was striking how familiar Maine in 1937 is to those of us living here today. There is a social conservatism (a woman wearing slacks on the train is appalling to her father), and political as well. The anti-Roosevelt and anti-Democrat comments which turn up frequently relate to the "Red State" aspects of much of rural Maine (though not usually the coastal region). Gentrification continues to be a controversial issue, especially these days in Portland, as it is in this story. Summer residents are viewed with ambivalence (at best), and people "from away" who live year-round are not easily welcomed into local society. ("It took them a little time, always, to get used to anyone new.")
I'm not quite as wowed by the book as most other readers are, but did enjoy it and will probably read more of what Moore wrote. But it does indeed strike chords for anyone familiar with Maine.
July 20, 2025
What a wonderful book. I came across this book on a recent trip to Maine at Sherman’s in Portland, which happens to be Maine’s oldest bookstore. I like to find a regional author who understands the community I’m visiting, and many people recommended Ruth Moore, who grew up on an island not too far from Bar Harbor. I was thrilled to discover her. Her writing is compelling, descriptive, insightful and direct, and captures the spirit of the Maine coastal towns she writes about. This book provides a great slice of life about Maine in the 1930s, and the tension between the locals and outsiders who want to take advantage of its beauty for their own enjoyment. It’s a tension between greed and tradition, and it presents many different characters, none perfect but all interesting. Not a lot happens in the book, but at the same time a lot happens. And it’s all interesting and has you wondering where it will lead. Moore clearly is of and about the community and people in her book. It would be trite to say I could smell the salt air while reading, but it comes close. Her descriptions of the coves and bays and inlets take you places, which is what you want in a book. And her insights into the times and people take you to the 1930s, when the book is based. I highly recommend this book. To those who love reading and who love good writing, and to those looking to take their minds to a unique part of the country. Spoonhandle does all of that, and more.
February 2, 2025
This is the first book I've read in a long time that really was totally engrossing. Moore has excellent insights into human nature ( or rather, "cultural nature.") A story about believable characters who feel familiar, without being caricatures.
She weaves multiple threads of plots into a tapestry depicting several lives on a small Maine Island.
It is refreshingly free of the gushing, sexy modern romance that stains so many books.
There is love in various contexts -- older parent and adult child; adult male to boy child ( clean); syblings; and man/woman.There is a light touch of passion in the latter. And there is female friendship.
There is also microscopic dissection of a typically greedy, manipulative, Maine businessman and another "from away."
And there is Moore's love of Nature -- the rocks, the trees, the ocean and the skies of Maine. She is a genius at putting words together in refreshingly new ways that "ring the bell" she is aiming at.
And it's all warmly cloaked in the ambiance of her own character...self possession, self confidence, compassion, and professionalism without pretence.
She weaves multiple threads of plots into a tapestry depicting several lives on a small Maine Island.
It is refreshingly free of the gushing, sexy modern romance that stains so many books.
There is love in various contexts -- older parent and adult child; adult male to boy child ( clean); syblings; and man/woman.There is a light touch of passion in the latter. And there is female friendship.
There is also microscopic dissection of a typically greedy, manipulative, Maine businessman and another "from away."
And there is Moore's love of Nature -- the rocks, the trees, the ocean and the skies of Maine. She is a genius at putting words together in refreshingly new ways that "ring the bell" she is aiming at.
And it's all warmly cloaked in the ambiance of her own character...self possession, self confidence, compassion, and professionalism without pretence.
April 28, 2024
A good old-fashioned story.I found the name of this book on an old photo I had taken during a vacation to mid-coast Maine several years ago. I reserved it through our library system and an almost 80 year-old copy arrived at JEL with my name on it!
The story was peopled with many interesting characters each with their own story. The author deftly weaves them together. There are many universal truths still relevant today. The most prominent one, to me, was: Be Kind. You never know another person’s story. Be honest and kind.
The characters were sweet and most of the conflict was internal and emotional, dealing with change, culture, and class.
My favorite characters were Ann Freeman and Hod, Willie and Mary McCay. They are good, decent hard-working people who are true to themselves.
It was just a good story!
The story was peopled with many interesting characters each with their own story. The author deftly weaves them together. There are many universal truths still relevant today. The most prominent one, to me, was: Be Kind. You never know another person’s story. Be honest and kind.
The characters were sweet and most of the conflict was internal and emotional, dealing with change, culture, and class.
My favorite characters were Ann Freeman and Hod, Willie and Mary McCay. They are good, decent hard-working people who are true to themselves.
It was just a good story!
July 22, 2023
No one could write a book like this without deep firsthand knowledge of the subject matter. The settings and characters have a reality that could have only come from or have been inspired by Ruth Moore’s actual experiences. She puts in them a book that immerses the reader so that the reading is not just an activity but a feeling of being there.
I’m not crazy about how all the conflicts are resolved. It’s not that easy or pat in real life. Is this what keeps her from being considered more than a “regional” author? I dunno, but I would rather read this than to try again and fail to read Faulkner’s “greatest” works. Maybe I just relate to Yankees a lot better than to Southerners.
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I’m not crazy about how all the conflicts are resolved. It’s not that easy or pat in real life. Is this what keeps her from being considered more than a “regional” author? I dunno, but I would rather read this than to try again and fail to read Faulkner’s “greatest” works. Maybe I just relate to Yankees a lot better than to Southerners.
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March 7, 2021
Gripping Novel About Costal Maine Town
Ruth Moore weaves such an intricate story about life in a small coastal Maine town in the 1930’s. Exploring themes of independence, the meaning of home and place, greed v generosity and the ways in which a person can choose a life that is lonely or content, this novel pulls the reader in and doesn’t let go until the last page. If you have never visited Maine, you will feel that you have after reading this book. If you have stayed any length of time in Maine, then you will recognize the landscape and culture so richly told in this story. The characters of the town will stay with you long after the book is finished.
Ruth Moore weaves such an intricate story about life in a small coastal Maine town in the 1930’s. Exploring themes of independence, the meaning of home and place, greed v generosity and the ways in which a person can choose a life that is lonely or content, this novel pulls the reader in and doesn’t let go until the last page. If you have never visited Maine, you will feel that you have after reading this book. If you have stayed any length of time in Maine, then you will recognize the landscape and culture so richly told in this story. The characters of the town will stay with you long after the book is finished.
November 5, 2022
A small community in Maine and an island back in the 1930’s is the background for this novel. It starts slow as the author aquatints you the townspeople and the Stilwell family- Pete, Agnes, William, and Hod. The dynamics of this family is not any different than today. Summer people infiltrate the community and want to buy land. The community only thrives during times of tourists. Winter is difficult. Witherspoon, a prosperous man, wants to buy Spoon Island. William owns land and a house on the island. Witherspoon won’t stop at anything to get that island. It is a good read. Well written and well developed characters. Slow start but picks up in the middle.
October 11, 2025
I love Maine, so of course I loved lots about this book!
The descriptions of the town, the water, fishing, the conflicts that occur as summer folk start to encroach on the small town, the many characters were all beautiful. The small mindedness of some of the folk was palpable. A lot happened in this town and the lives of many of the characters went through ups and downs. Some characters were such wonderful
humans and some were more opportunistic and not as likable. Change is hard and some is for the good (perhaps) and some is destructive to many people’s lives. Not necessarily a page turner but definitely a great read.
The descriptions of the town, the water, fishing, the conflicts that occur as summer folk start to encroach on the small town, the many characters were all beautiful. The small mindedness of some of the folk was palpable. A lot happened in this town and the lives of many of the characters went through ups and downs. Some characters were such wonderful
humans and some were more opportunistic and not as likable. Change is hard and some is for the good (perhaps) and some is destructive to many people’s lives. Not necessarily a page turner but definitely a great read.
September 28, 2025
Maine hasn’t changed in a hundred years.
“What!” gasped Henny. “You’re having the store tore down!” “Ayup,” Pete nodded. Havin’ her tore down. Havin’ a new one built, modeled after Griswold’s Supermarket, over in Bellport.” The thought entered Henny’s head that retracing her steps over the village wasn’t going to be such a chore as she’d expected. Not if she had news like this to tell. A store like Griswold’s — why, Griswold’s was a summer people’s market!
“What!” gasped Henny. “You’re having the store tore down!” “Ayup,” Pete nodded. Havin’ her tore down. Havin’ a new one built, modeled after Griswold’s Supermarket, over in Bellport.” The thought entered Henny’s head that retracing her steps over the village wasn’t going to be such a chore as she’d expected. Not if she had news like this to tell. A store like Griswold’s — why, Griswold’s was a summer people’s market!
May 9, 2020
Wow, I’m amazed by this Maine classic! A rich and raw look at what happens in coastal communities. Romance, tensions of those here and “from away,” racism, prejudice, family drama, women’s rights in the home, etc. What a must-read for anyone who grew up in a Maine community. So much to relate to and resonate with.
May 13, 2020
Wonderful storytelling here about Mainers in the 1930s benefitting from, stung by, and adapting to an influx of people from Away. Very well written and the dialogue, I imagine, is spot on. Loved the descriptions of the sea and coast and the two brothers working their boat. Very satisfying read for uncertain times.
December 22, 2020
Good read for a number of reasons
I had a personal interest as Ruth Moore is in my family tree. The setting is Where my family roots are. The story has several subplots going at the same time from family issues to business negotiations to financial struggles and love stories all intertwined.
I had a personal interest as Ruth Moore is in my family tree. The setting is Where my family roots are. The story has several subplots going at the same time from family issues to business negotiations to financial struggles and love stories all intertwined.
May 17, 2023
I stumbled upon Ruth Moore in an independent bookstore in Maine. A contemporary of Faulkner, her books are primarily set in Maine, but have universal themes. She is particularly skilled at giving voice to the internal thoughts and journey of each character across race, class, and geography. So much wisdom from a story written in the 1940s.
Highly recommend!
Highly recommend!
December 31, 2020
Another book about Maine island communities in the mid 20th century at the time that the "summer people" changed the culture buying up properties and building their "cottages". Really enjoying Moore's writing, not sure how many other of her books I can find in print.
November 2, 2021
I loved this book and can't wait to read more by Ruth Moore. The characters were well drawn and I cared about most of them. The only drawback was Moore use a lot of dialect and that slowed the reading.
December 30, 2021
This was a good old-fashioned novel full of small-town friction. I purchased it in the amazing Sherman's bookstore in Bar Harbor while I was on vacation. Of course, I was enamored with Maine and its coastline, so this book kept me company as I explored this amazing state.
April 19, 2022
Great book! It's about a part of Maine we love. The complex interactions between the islanders and the summer people are still happening. It's a love story with a lot of island characters and sub plots interwoven into the story of an island. You'll love it if you love the Maine Coast.
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