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Friday, August 4, 2017
Volume 13 • Issue No. 31
Best-Selling Memoir by Ogunquit Author OGUNQUIT The world English audio rights to an Ogunquit resident’s best selling memoir, "The Unquiet Daughter,",were just sold to the largest independent publisher of unabridged audiobooks and provider of digital content to library, schools and retail markets in the world. The audio book, published by Tantor Media of Recorded Books, will be available for download on all distributor channels on August 29. "The Unquiet Daughter" is an intimate memoir that’s international in scope: Kept from her much of her family’s identity for decades, a New York journalist, born of the wartime love triangle that inspired the one in Graham Greene’s "The Unquiet American", searches for her father after barely surviving a youth of privilege, estrangement and cruelty. "The Unquiet Daughter" originally received an offer from a “Big Five� publisher, but it fell through during the house’s publisher change in 2010. Six years later, after having finished a hard revision of the book in Ogunquit, Flood accidentally found a publisher while looking in the
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window of a Portsmouth bookshop, Riverrun Bookstore. She saw a little sign that said, “We Publish Books.� Tom Holbrook, publisher of Piscataqua Press, read "The Unquiet Daughter" and Flood accepted his offer. “I’m thrilled that the audio rights were snapped up after Danielle’s book first became an Amazon best seller last April; paperbacks and ebook sales often become more brisk in the company of audio versions of a book.� “Passionate and unflinchingly honest, this is a fascinating memor that explores the tangled connections between Graham Greene’s fictional version of wartime Indochina, and the real people there whose actions have haunted the author for most of her life,� says biographer and Graham Greene expert Michael Shelden, also a Pulitzer finalist and Indiana State University professor. “Danielle Flood is the child
of an affair so much like the one described in the love triangle of Graham Greene’s novel, "The Unquiet American," that she is perfectly right to make her startling claim, ‘I am a sequel he never wrote.’� "The Unquiet American" was made into two movies, one starring Michael Caine in 2002, and was a popular subject taught in college classrooms off and on for decades.
daytime traffic flow through this busy area. Some daytime work is expected intermittently. Evening construction hours will be 6 p.m.-5 a.m. A project manager for the construction company and a clerk of the works for the town will be present on site during most construction activities. Questions or issues with the construction should be reported to the Department of Public Works at 207-439-0333 during the business day and the Police Department at 207-439-1638 otherwise. Follow the Town of Kittery @ TownofKittery on Twitter for updates about the project status and planned work.
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Forage for Wild Maine Blueberries
Kittery Memorial Circle Undergoes Improvements KITTERY The improvement project for Memorial Circle in Kittery began Monday, July 31. The project will include installation of sidewalks around the outer circle, new curbing, and paving improvements. The project is being funded by MaineDOT, Kittery Area Comprehensive Transportation System and the Town of Kittery and is expected to cost approximately $2.6M. The construction phase of the project is expected to take approximately four months, with a completion date of December 15 or earlier. The Circle will remain open during construction. Temporary closures may occur, however no closure is expected to last more than 5 minutes in duration. Access to the adjacent businesses will be available at all times during the project. The majority of the construction will occur in the evening to avoid impacts on
In "The Unquiet Daughter", as Flood yearns for the love and presence of a father – and that of anyone in her family – her tall beautiful French and Vietnamese mother leaves her in burlesque house dressing rooms in the American Midwest, in convent schools in Long Island and Dublin and with strangers in
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KENNEBUNK Step out onto the hiking trails of the Kennebunk Plains, just a 90-minute drive from Boston, and you’ll stumble upon some of the world’s very best wild blueberries, ripe and free for the taking. Curiously, the fruit thrives in the preserve’s gravely, nutrient-poor soil, the result of a glacier that melted thousands of years ago. Conservators just ask that you tread lightly: The habitat — and its indigenous berries — support a lively ecosystem of creatures, including birds, bears, and but-
terflies. So park only in designated areas, don’t leave any trash on the trails, and pick only what you’ll use for personal consumption — but by all means, freeze or dehydrate those beautiful blues for use come wintertime, suggests Nature Conservancy land steward Jon Bailey. This year’s crop is expected to be at its peak come mid-August through mid-September, so get your picking pails ready. Kennebunk Plaines is located off Highway 99, Kennebunk. For more information: 207-729-5181; nature.org.
York Days End with a Loud BANG!
YORK Fireworks at Short Sands Beach, York are a special part of the York Days festivities and will take place on Sunday, August 6 at dusk, from 8:45-9:30 p.m. After a week of activities that began on July 29 and included a 5K road race, softball tourna-
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ment, craft fair, entertaining performances, Christmas in July and the lighting of the Nubble, the climatic fireworks spectacular will conclude the York Days events. Sponsored by the Yorks Parks and Recreation Department. Free admission. For more information: 207-363-1040.
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