Wedding On The Banks

Wedding On The BanksAnother bawdy, poetic, crazy quilt of a book" The New York Times Book ReviewAmy Joy Lawler, the last of Mattagash, Maine's founding clan, just announced her engagement to Jean Claude Cloutier an outsider! Now the typically tranquil backcountry town is buzzing with the news and everyone is gleefully anticipating the social event of the year. As the guests roll in, Amy Joy's scandalized mother takes to bed in protest, the no good Giffords plot to steal

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Charles Dubow probes the devastating depths of human passion and the nature of true love

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