Ernie's Ark

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The Abbott Falls Stories

By Monica Wood

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Ernie's Ark by Monica Wood is set in Abbott Falls, Maine, and follows the lives of residents during a paper mill strike. As the community grapples with change and uncertainty, the story weaves together the struggles and dreams of its characters, highlighting their resilience and connectedness. The narrative is rich with emotion and insight, capturing the essence of a small town facing economic challenges.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate heartwarming stories about community and resilience. Set in a small town facing economic hardship, it beautifully weaves together the lives of different characters, exploring themes of hope and the strength of human connections. If you like stories with rich character development and a poignant look at life's challenges, this might be the perfect read for you.

Ernie's Ark

A beloved short story collection-now in a new paperback edition with a never-before published story and an afterword by the author.

“Wood illuminates the grace in the average and every day, the miracles that lie within the ordinary life….”—San Francisco Chronicle

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A beloved short story collection—now in a new paperback edition with a never-before-published story and an afterword by the author.

In nine interlinking stories, the town of Abbot Falls reacts as Ernie Whitten, pipefitter, builds an ark in his backyard. The community itself is struggling to survive as a strike at the local paper mill wears on. Few writers can capture the extraordinary within seemingly ordinary lives as does Monica Wood. Ms. Wood has created an unforgettable tapestry of love, loneliness, and neighbours.

‘Like Elizabeth Strout, her fellow chronicler of small-town Maine life, Monica Wood imbues her characters with the complexity and humanity of real people. Ernie's Ark is as true as life.’—Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train

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Ernie's Ark is praised for its deep exploration of human emotions and relationships in a small Maine mill town. The book weaves together individual stories, each with interconnected themes and character insights, capturing the essence of human experiences like grief, longing, and community bonds. Critics admire how the narrative reveals the complexity of ordinary lives and the miracles within them, offering both an emotional and insightful read.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781567926682

Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 November 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: David R. Godine Publisher Inc

Edition: Includes an additional story and a foreword by the author.

Illustration: No

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 191.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 240

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Education & Reference Fiction General Fiction Monica Wood

About the Author

Monica Wood is a novelist, memoirist, and playwright. Her most recent novel, The One-in-a-Million Boy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), has been published in 22 languages in 30 countries and won the 2017 Nautilus Award (Gold) and the New England Society Book Award. She is also the author of When We Were the Kennedys (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), an Oprah magazine summer-reading pick and winner of both the May Sarton Memoir Award and the 2016 Maine Literary Award. Ernie's Ark was excerpted on NPR's "Selected Shorts" and selected by several towns and cities as their "One Book, One Community" read.