The maytrees
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Author
Published
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2007.
Format
Books
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 22 cm.
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Published
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"A portion of this work has previously appeared, in different form, in Harper's magazine"--T.p. verso.
Description
Toby Maytree first sees Lou Bigelow on her bicycle in postwar Provincetown, Massachusetts. Her laughter and loveliness catch his breath. Maytree is a Provincetown native, an educated poet of thirty. As he courts Lou, just out of college, her stillness draws him. Hands-off, he hides his serious wooing, and idly shows her his poems.
In spare, elegant prose, Dillard traces the Maytrees' decades of loving and longing. They live cheaply among the nonconformist artists and writers that the bare tip of Cape Cod attracts. Lou takes up painting. When their son Petie appears, their innocent Bohemian friend Deary helps care for him. But years later it is Deary who causes the town to talk.
In this moving novel, Dillard intimately depicts nature's vastness and nearness. She presents willed bonds of loyalty, friendship, and abiding love. Warm and hopeful, The Maytrees is the surprising capstone of Annie Dillard's original body of work.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dillard, A. (2007). The maytrees . HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dillard, Annie. 2007. The Maytrees. HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dillard, Annie. The Maytrees HarperCollinsPublishers, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dillard, Annie. The Maytrees HarperCollinsPublishers, 2007.
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