Litterature & Documents: Maine (Paperback)

from ValNewHope

Overall it was a good read. It seemed to be building up to a big climax, but I found the event to be underwhelming. Not as big as it could have been. In the end it was worthwhile for the characters that the author created and the voices that she gave them.

from shelleyraec

My own relationship with my mother is complicated so the tag line for this novel -"What if the person you love the most hurt you more than any other? What if that person is your own mother?" grabbed my attention. Using alternate points of view, Courtney Sullivan explores the difficult relationshi...

from aelizabethj

Jesus, this was so true to living in an Irish Catholic family, I couldn't even believe it, and that's what bumped it up to three stars for me. Otherwise, nothing reallllly happens in this book - it's more of a character study of four generations of women & their flaws (of which there are many).

from alanna1122

I really enjoyed this book. I spent 25 summers in and around the area that this book was set - so that in itself made it a fun read for me. I loved that Sullivan didn't shy away from naming real places, restaurants and landmarks. A few times the geography was tweaked and it didn't quite make sens...

from KristySP

I loved this book. Just as I loved her first novel, Commencement. Sullivan is such a lovely, intuitive writer. Her stories are character driven, which I love, and she writes about a wide variety of people in such a compassionate way. I can get easily and pleasantly lost in her writing, as I did i...