A review by athst
The Country of the Pointed Firs by Douglas Alvord, Sarah Orne Jewett

4.0

This novella is a skillful depiction of a coastal Maine town and kinds of characters in it, in the late 1800s. I liked it because if you’ve ever read books about sailing or whaling, this is sort of about the people who are left on shore while those boats are away, or when the sailors on those boats have retired to shore life. You get a good feel for a time and place in America that is long past.