by J. Courtney Sullivan
Maine is ultimately a story about family. Told in the rotating point of view of four women over the course of a single summer at the family cottage in Maine, it's an intimate snapshot of life and how the decisions we make affect who we become. There is Alice, the matriarch of the family, haunted by ...
Maine, by J. Courtney Sullivan, is a sprawling novel, set in the present day but going back as far the forties. Although centered around Alice Brennan Kelleher, the 83 year old matriarch of a large Boston Irish family, the novel alternates among the perspectives of Alice, her daughter Kathleen, gran...
Maine by Jay Courtney SullivanFamily beach house in Maine where over the years the family membershave assembled. Three generations of females descent upon the houseone summer. Story starts out with how they were first married, and hehad won the land when another couldn't pay their card debt.Alice re...
The state of Maine’s license-plate motto is “Vacationland,” and for many New Englanders, its southern coast defines the concept of summer: cottages near small beach towns, long days of family gatherings for barbecues and water play, picnics and the freshest berries and seafood. Three generations of ...
“Maine”, by J.Courtney Sullivan, is largely the story of Alice Kelleher, a very direct, headstrong and outspoken matriarch, and three generations of her family who seem to become weaker with each successive generation. She is a devoted Catholic, driven by an almost religious fanaticism to do her dut...
I struggled with this book. The writing is quite fine, actually, but the story killed me. Of the several main characters, the most apparently pleasant one was dead. Of the several surviving characters, only two were reasonably decent human beings, although stuffed full of neuroses and dysfunction. T...
I was totally drawn into this book from the first pages. I enjoyed the way we learned about events that happened by four different people. So each point of view was very different. When reading Alices take on Kathleen, Maggie and Ann Marie I was thinking what ungrateful people but then to read ho...
A really great book. Very touching, emotional and definitely a must read. One of the best bestsellers I've ever read.
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