Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Karen Frank

Good solid historical fiction which teaches as well as entertains. The story takes place in early 20th century Connecticut, when electricity was beginning to be harnessed and the old rural towns were either abandoned or sucked into the new era and changed forever. Inventive minds were at work here and the new breed of entrepreneurs were ruthless and creative. Wonderful characters make you care deeply, even if ... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bruce Anderson

The trajectory of wedded love is Annie Dillard's subject in this her second novel. The mesh of pointillistic sentences through which Dillard sifts her protagonists (Lou and Toby) allows the merely apparent truths in their lives to fall away, to be succeeded by illusions finer, more poignant perhaps, but no more durable. The dunes at Provincetown and the tides of the north Atlantic provide governing metaphor... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Karen Frank

Have you ever had a novel send you reeling back to memories of your youth in the first paragraph? We are first introduced to Alice as she contemplates the preparations for her 10th birthday party from the windowsill of her room. In this beautiful story, set in Vermont, the author gets right into the head of Alice and unfolds all the sights, smells and emotions of a young girl's formative summer including find... read more>>>