About this Event
Join us for an in-person event with acclaimed author Hannah Orenstein for the launch of her new novel Maine Characters. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.
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Every summer, Vivian Levy and Lucy Webster spend a month with their father at his lake house — separately. Raised in New York City, Vivian is an ambitious sommelier with a secret that could derail her future. Lucy grew up in a tiny Maine town, where she now teaches high school English while watching her marriage unravel. They’ve never met. While Lucy envied her half-sister from afar, their father kept Vivian in the dark.
When Vivian arrives at the lake to spread his ashes and sell his cabin, she's shocked to find Lucy there, awaiting his return. In an ideal world, they’d help each other through their grief. Instead, they fight through a storm of suspicion and hostility to untangle the messy truth about their parents’ pasts. While Lucy is desperate to hold onto the house, Vivian is scrambling after a betrayal. After thirty years of not knowing each other, is it too late for them to be a family?
MAINE CHARACTERS features a dynamic and entertaining cast of characters: there’s Vivan’s mom Celeste, the celebrated novelist obsessed with making her way back on the bestseller list; there’s Caleb, Lucy’s handsome, laid-back friend who works at the only restaurant in town…and may have encountered Vivian one summer long ago; and there’s charismatic Manhattan restaurateur Oscar exerting his gravitational pull back to the city.
For fans of Carley Fortune and Elin Hilderbrand, this story of family conflict, grief, and sisterhood brims with undeniable heart, depth, charm, and humor, set against the backdrop of Maine summer sunsets.
Photo credit: The Deans Photography
Hannah Orenstein is the author of Maine Characters, Meant to Be Mine, Head Over Heels, Love at First Like, and Playing with Matches, as well as the Deputy Editor of Lifestyle and Wellness at Bustle. She splits her time between Brooklyn and Maine.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway, New York, United States
USD 13.61 to USD 24.06
