Each section includes “Maine Rest Stops” where Brechlin spotlights some element of Maine…

It is the most erotic punctuation save, of course, the exclamation point.

Her steady recounting of a different history punched me in the heart…

I learned that my childhood had been part of a grand experiment.

He may shine in a lobster boat—tough and tenacious—but not in a marriage bed.

Why was there a triangle of trade between Africa, New England, and the West Indies?

I struggled … while watching money flow out of poorly insulated lobster holding tanks…

I was nursing my second beer and anticipating that favorite dinner I’d ordered a few minutes earlier. Two young people entered and settled in...

Like everywhere else we’ve all learned different ways to do business to try to stay safe from the virus. If you come to the island, do your best to stay healthy and keep others protected...