Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Karen Frank

The detail and drama of a reporter combined with the humanism and searching mind of a great novelist make this a fantastic read. Frank Delaney unfolds the true story of Kurt Carlsen, captain of the freighter Flying Enterprise as he attempts to save his ship and cargo after a terrible storm disables it. We not only relive the events, but become involved in the author's own childhood impressions of the di... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Alden Graves

A woman, upon learning that Stonewall Jackson has been killed, tells her 14-year-old son to find his father and bring him home from the Civil War. After a perilous journey, the boy finds the man grievously wounded on the bloody fields at Gettysburg. Unforgettable tableaux of devotion, courage, and stark horror. The story is a simple one, but its reverberations are as timeless as the winds. Gripping reading, a... read more>>>

Publisher Comments

Toby Maytree first sees Lou Bigelow on her bicycle in postwar Provincetown, Massachusetts. Her laughter and loveliness catch his breath. Maytree is a Provincetown native, an educated poet of thirty. As he courts Lou, just out of college, her stillness draws him. Hands-off, he hides his serious wooing, and idly shows her his poems.

In spare, elegant prose, Dillard traces the Maytrees' decades of loving and longing. They live cheaply among the nonconf... read more>>>