Book Notes: Julia Glass weaves intricate family tale
By Rae Padilla FrancoeurMore Content Now"And the Dark Sacred Night," by Julia Glass. Pantheon, New York, April 2014. 416 pages. $26.95Julia Glass's new novel, "And the Dark Sacred Night," tells many...
View ArticleBook Notes: Boiled Over’ spins a well-crafted Maine mystery
"Boiled Over: The Maine Clambake Mystery Series" by Barbara Ross. Kensington Books, New York, 2014. Paperback. $7.99.The carefully planned, high-stakes Founder's Day in Busman's Harbor, Maine, looks...
View ArticleBook review: Saving Babe Ruth’ examines the unseemly side of youth baseball
A generation ago youth sports was just about that, the youth.At practice, often the only adults at the ballpark, gridiron, ice rink or gymnasium were the coaches. On game days, players would ride their...
View ArticleBook Notes: The grandma who saved the Appalachian Trail
Emma Gatewood popularized, among other things, minimalist extreme hiking. To hike all 2,050 miles of the rough and immature Appalachian Trail in 1955, she hand-sewed a yard of denim to form a...
View ArticleBook Notes: A close look at empathy
By Rae Padilla FrancoeurMore Content Now"The Empathy Exams" By Leslie Jamison. Graywolf Press, 2014. 226 pages. Paperback. $15.In the title essay of Leslie Jamison's book, "The Empathy Exams," she...
View ArticleBook Notes: For the love of the lobster roll
"Lobster Rolls of New England: Seeking Sweet Summer Delight" Written by Sally Lerman, "The Lobster Gal" at lobstergal.com. Photos by Sally Lerman and Jane Shauck. Published by American Palate, a...
View ArticleBook Review: The Indestructibles’
Since it was written by a colleague — Matthew Phillion, a fellow GateHouse Media journalist — I would have likely picked up "The Indestructibles" just as a show of support. But I challenge anyone to...
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