Monica Wood

When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine (2012)

This was by far one of my favorites of the year. It's a true story told about a family from Maine .The little girl telling the story is around my age and a lot of the things she mentioned growing up ,reminded me of things in my childhood. I certainly didn't have to go through the main tragedy th...

Secret Language (2002)

Any Bitter Thing (2006)

Ernie's Ark (2004)

I've read so many great books lately which are linked stories about small towns told from different people's perspectives -- Plainsong, Olive Kitteridge, Driftless -- but this may be my favorite yet. A Northeast community is being torn apart by a long and bitter factory strike. Lots of "big" th...