originally published in 1946, Ruth Moore's second novel of life on the Maine coast was made into a Hollywood movie, Deep Waters, starring Jean Peters, Dana Andrews, and a young Dean Stockwell.
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Richard Sullivan in the New York Times: There is an authentic feeling for place, for the true and ordinary values of every day, the meaningfulness of independence, of work, of honesty and kindness. --New York Times
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Ruth Moore wrote a series of novels based on her life and home place on the Maine Coast. These novels were originally published between 1946 and 1982, and are now being republished by Blackberry Books.
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Ruth Moore is a genius in telling the story of Maine people,
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This review is from: Spoonhandle (Paperback)
Spoonhandle is a compelling story of an island community in Maine and how they deal with changing times. This is about people and family and living...in short, I couldn't put it down. I followed by reading 5 more Ruth Moore books all enjoyable as ever. A clear 10.
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Wonderful Book,
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I bought this book at a used book sale, mainly because it was an old book. I had never heard of the author before. I began the book and was totally enraptured with it. I am a little familiar with the "summer people" and the tearing out of the guts in selling property that has been in the family your whole life. Aside from that, I loved the dialect given the characters. They became so real to me. The story line from beginning to end was very satisfactory. I see there was a movie made from this book, Deep Water. I would like to see that but haven't been able to locate it. My next move will be to buy more books by this excellent author.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Slow and boring,
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This review is from: Spoonhandle (Paperback)
I ordered this book based on the two short five-star reviews. I was really looking forward to reading it, but I found it to be slow, dull, boring. It is so bad I did not finish reading it. Based on this book, I do not plan on ordering any more books written by this author
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Mis Mackay, Uncle Til, Spoon Island, Mag Snow, Mary Mackay, Bill Pray, Myron Osgood, Joe Sangor, Ann Freeman, Pete Stilwell, Willie Stilwell, Paris Freeman, East Village, Sam Grant, Joe King, Donny Mitchell, New Bedford, Artie Osgood, Hod Stilwell, Nelson Witherspoon, Cat Cove, Sam Freeman, Josh Hovey, Joel Frame, Lucy Osgood New!
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