Virginia Thorndike, MaineS OWN VErSiOn of Studs Terkel, traveled to all the Maine coast islands that still maintain a year-round population and persuaded the islanders to talk openly about their lives. The result is a compulsively readable, unvarnished, and appealing portrait, much of it in the islanders OWN WORDs. The Book punctures some of the romantic notions mainlanders have about island life, yet it also tells how deeply rewarding that life can be.
