A teenage girl, and her older self, narrate Bill Roorbach’s latest novel, which tackles big themes of abuse, racism and love.
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Deep Water: ‘Atop Peaked Mountain,’ by Dennis Camire
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Maine Gardener: All about foxgloves
Which, by the way, are not poisonous in ordinary garden circumstances. (Maybe that Smartphone isn’t so smart after all.)
Bedside table: A multi-tasking reader makes her way through a tall stack
Book recommendations from readers.
Best-Sellers: ‘Lucy by the Sea,’ ‘The Personal Librarian’
The top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Let the whole animal butchers who are flourishing in Maine introduce you to something new
Chat with your local butcher and head home with a ‘poodle cut,’ an ‘oyster,’ a ‘spider steak’ or one of several other unconventional cuts newly available here.
George Carlin’s talent manager now guards the comedian’s legacy from Maine
Jerry Hamza of Grand Lake Stream managed Carlin for more than 30 years and helped produce the Emmy-winning film ‘George Carlin’s American Dream.’
Harvey Weinstein goes on trial in LA, where he once reigned
Five years after women’s stories about him made the #MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in Los Angeles, where he once was king of the Oscars
‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin released to house arrest, fights deportation
Sorokin, whose exploits inspired a Netflix series, has been released from immigration custody into home confinement.
K-pop group BTS members face possible draft
Under South Korean law, all able-bodied men are required to perform 18-21 months of military service.