We read Midcoast: A Novel by Adam White for September. There were mixed reviews from our group. I had suggested the novel having spent time in Damariscotta, I was interested in the evolution of some of the mid coast Maine working towns and their transformation from visitors from away. Everything effects everything else. How does a community and the people who live in it interact from those from away who have a higher standard of living? Also, what attracts people from away-the rusticity and simplicity becomes transformed when visitors have a need for their place away to be like their home towns and cities. One needs to bring back a souvenir and then there are t-shirt shops. One needs a latte and then there is a coffee shop dedicated to sophisticated drinks. And maybe someone didn't pack the right clothing and needs an upscale clothing store. It is about the eco system of the intersection of different lives, cultures, trades and socio-economic factors.
Someone pointed out that all of the main characters were men and that some of it just didn't seem realistic. The morality that changed based on relationships with others and what one needed from another was interesting. Mixed reviews altogether.
Next month we are reading The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare. We are meeting at Mindy's on November 17th at 5:30.
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