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Books

Published
August 13, 2023

James McBride’s new novel entertains while getting deep about equality

'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,' by James McBride, is a moving tale about a Jewish woman who tries to save a Black boy during the Depression.
Published
August 13, 2023

Best-sellers: ‘Tom Lake,’ ‘The Wager’

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Published
August 13, 2023

Bedside table: ‘No Way’ by S.J. Morden

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Published
August 6, 2023

Bedside table: ‘Dante: A Life” by Alessandro Barbero

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Published
August 6, 2023

South Portland native writes about life before and after becoming ‘Bernie’s Mitten Maker’

Jen Ellis, who lives in Vermont, gained fame in 2021 when Bernie Sanders wore her mittens at the presidential inauguration. She'll speak about her book, 'Bernie's Mitten Maker,' on Wednesday at Longfellow Books in Portland.

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Published
August 6, 2023

Best-Sellers: ‘The Lioness of Boston,’ ‘The Creative Act’

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Published
August 6, 2023

Two Maine authors turn their life stories into novels in verse

'The Road to After' and 'The Name She Gave Me' draw on the writers' own circumstances, as they grew up in — and found their way out of — dysfunctional families.
Published
August 6, 2023

Brando Skyhorse’s satire imagines a wall around a ‘perfect’ life

In Brando Skyhorse's sharp satire "My Name Is Iris," a Mexican American woman is determined to fit in, but America doesn't want her.
Published
July 30, 2023

A prehistoric mammoth and a 19th century circus elephant cross paths in ‘Mystery Tusk’

Through his efforts to identify the mammoth, former natural history curator Gary Hoyle discovered the story of Old Bet, the elephant.
Published
July 30, 2023

Bedside Table: A particular window of Irish history

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