Book of the Week: Maine

In Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan, a beach house young Daniel Kelleher won gambling became the perennial summer retreat for Alice and Daniel’s growing family. For over 50 years, memories were built there.

Now, after Daniel’sdeath, three generations of women converge on the familiar ground of Cape Neddick, Maine. Without the oil of Daniel’s presence to smooth their interactions, the flaws of each woman’s character grind against the others.

Sullivan is an insightful observer of the motivations and internal life that guide women’sbehavior and often make their relationships challenging. These Kelleher women who vie for acceptance on a beach in Maine are each interesting, complex, and enough like women you know to make your acquaintance with them worthwhile.