BATH — Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and Patten Free Library invite area residents to participate in the second annual Winter Read, a community book group that includes a series of community conversations.

This year’s book is “Shoutin’ Into the Fog: Growing up on Maine’s Ragged Edge,” a memoir by Thomas Hanna.

“The Great Depression hit hard all across our country, but isolated communities such as Georgetown, Maine, really felt the pinch,” a release states. “The resourceful and resilient population had significant support through this hardship, however, from its natural resources and spectacular landscape. Those natural gifts provided solace, income, sustenance and entertainment to Thomas Hanna as he relates in his 2006 memoir, ‘Shoutin’ Into the Fog: Growing up on Maine’s Ragged Edge.’ Hanna tells the story of his childhood amidst the depression, his meager possessions and his rich life thanks to the benefit of his location.”

On March 8, Laura Sewall will guide a discussion of the memoir from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Hyde School.

Sewall is director of Bates-Morse Mountain in Phippsburg and the author of “Sight and Sensibility: The Ecopsychology of Perception.” She is former executive director of the Kennebec Estuary Collaboration.

To register for this event, call KELT at 442-8400 or email Alicia Heyburn at aheyburn@kennebecestuary.org.

On March 14, a public discussion of the book will take place at Patten Free Library.

Gene Reynolds of Georgetown, who with his wife “had close connections to ‘Tommy’ Hanna and shared many of the experiences described in the book,” will be the featured speaker.

Refreshments will be provided at both events.

Patten Free Library Children’s Room has selected complementary books for young readers, including “Between the Tides” by Fran Hodgkins.

To obtain a copy of “Shoutin’ Into the Fog,” contact Patten Free Library, the Georgetown Historical Society or a book store.

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