Maine
By J. Courtney Sullivan
- Release Date: 2011-06-14
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The celebrated author of Commencement and The Engagements introduces four unforgettable women and the abiding, often irrational love that keeps them coming back, every summer, to Maine and to each other.
"Rich and exhilarating ... You don't want the novel to end."—The New York Times Book Review
For the Kellehers, Maine is a place where children run in packs, showers are taken outdoors, and old Irish songs are sung around a piano. As three generations of Kelleher women arrive at the family's beach house, each brings her own hopes and fears. Maggie is thirty-two and pregnant, waiting for the perfect moment to tell her imperfect boyfriend the news; Ann Marie, a Kelleher by marriage, is channeling her domestic frustration into a dollhouse obsession and an ill-advised crush; Kathleen, the black sheep, never wanted to set foot in the cottage again; and Alice, the matriarch at the center of it all, would trade every floorboard for a chance to undo the events of one night, long ago.
Reviews
More depressing than funny
3By Eml-2015These people are nothing but mean to each other. And the ending makes it worse.MAINE
4By A good one!Very good writer, not my religious beliefs, but did learn so many things about the Catholic Church that I thought possibly had faded from the old traditional ways. These generations of family showed me I had much to learn about this Faith. A family story that keeps the reader sticking to what is going to happen next. Do recommend for an entertaining read.I blame myself
2By JtostaI should have stopped after the first 50 pages. I blame myself for this because I have been sucked into other "this is going nowhere" books many times before. The characters have nothing exciting going on in their lives. Even MY life is more exciting than this. Don't waste your money.Maine
5By Perky tooI must strongly disagree with the reviewers who did not like the book. There is not a lot of plot or fast action, but there doesn't need to be. This is a story of family, about people and personalities and life and misunderstandings. It is sometimes funny, picturesque and sad. Number 14 said it just right. I loved this book!Loved it!
5By Kare4k9The characters in this book feel like real people...imperfect,but still lovable. I enjoyed getting to know each woman in this complicated family. They could be truly exasperating,yet each had redeeming qualities. I definitely recommend this book,especially if you enjoy family dynamics.Depressing
2By Not tech friendlyJust a sad, painful bookMaine
5By DesignGirl80Well writing book about real life issues.Maine
1By Kewel1I did not care for this book. A bit boring, the story line started no where, went no where and ended no where. Not worth the read.Good book... Weird ending
3By SurrenderMyAllI really enjoyed this book, but the ending was weird and rather abrupt.Couldn't decide
4By ShmillaMillaLike all one-character-at-a-time perspective chapter books, I hated each character as the others told about them, then came to understand if not empathize with them in their own. The only real difference here is how despicable some of them are, but hearing from their own point of view, I almost forgot to hate them.