{"product_id":"pete-and-alice-in-maine-9780063242685","title":"Pete and Alice in Maine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Gripping.\"--Richard Russo, author of \u003cem\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eShetterly's debut achieves a subtle grace, a quality of light and shadow worthy of a Bergman film.\u003c\/strong\u003e\"--\u003cstrong\u003eAllegra Goodman, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Pete and Alice in Maine\u003c\/em\u003e is a tender, big-hearted, clear-eyed portrait of a marriage, and a family, in crisis--set during the plague years when the entire world was in crisis. As she investigates the insidious effect of lies, betrayal, fear, and anger, not to mention the mundane joys and wrenching heartaches of everyday life, Caitlin Shetterly gets to the heart of what it means to be a family.\" -- Christina Baker Kline, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Exiles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA powerful and beautifully written debut novel that intimately explores a fractured marriage and the struggles of modern parenthood, set against the backdrop of the chaotic spring of 2020.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReeling from a painful betrayal in her marriage as the Covid pandemic takes hold in New York City, Alice packs up her family and flees to their vacation home in Maine. She hopes to find sanctuary--from the uncertainties of the exploding pandemic and her faltering marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePutting distance between herself and the stresses and troubles of the city, Alice begins to feel safe and relieved. But the locals are far from friendly. Trapped and forced into quarantine by hostile neighbors, Alice sees the imprisoning structure of her life\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ein this new predicament. Stripped down to the bare essentials of survival and tending to the needs of her two children, she can no longer ignore all the ways in which she feels limited and lost--lost in the big city, lost as a wife, lost as a mother, lost as a daughter and lost as a person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the world shifts around her and the balance in her marriage tilts, Alice and her husband, Pete, are left to consider if what keeps their family safe is the same thing as what keeps their family together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caitlin Shetterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063242685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShetterly, Caitlin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaitlin Shetterly\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eModified\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMade for You and Me\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePete and Alice in Maine\u003c\/em\u003e, and the editor of the bestselling \u003cem\u003eFault Lines: Stories of Divorce\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work has been featured in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOrion, Elle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSelf\u003c\/em\u003e, and on Oprah.com, as well as on \u003cem\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/em\u003e and various other public radio shows. She is the editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eFrenchly\u003c\/em\u003e, a French arts and culture online news magazine. A Maine native, she graduated with honors from Brown University and now lives with her two sons and husband in her home state.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43646246060147,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3d11da98-e79e-4b47-9e24-31ce771b72d0.jpg?v=1755948849","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/pete-and-alice-in-maine-9780063242685","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}