linda48 's review for:

Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
4.0

I would never have chosen this book except for the fact that the prompt on the 2020 Reading Challenge for our local library was a "beach themed book." I looked at that and thought what the heck is that? Luckily our library also has a list of curated titles for each of their prompts, and all of the other dozen or so had a waiting list so Maine it was. As it turned out, it was a very good read.

This is a story of four women, Alice the matriarch of the clan, her daughter Kathleen, Kathleen's daughter Maggie and Alice's daughter-in-law, Anne Marie (who I think of as a stepford wife). There is conflict, lies, fears, secrets (some very dark) and, above all, love. There is also more information about worms than you ever thought you could possibly learn in a novel.

If you are looking for a very good summer read, then put this book on your list.