Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine
I have to say that Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine (1987) did not move me as much as her another novel The Knitting Cirle (2007). I guess Ann Hood is not to blame because it is her first novel. After exact 20 years of writing and publishing experiences, The Knitting Circle was released.
This book is comprised of three women-Susanne, Elizebath and Claudia. I think what Ann Hood was trying to depict was how unpredictable life was. There would be no such words as sorrow or grief if we could paint the pictures of lives as we had planned. Susanne thought she found her true love in college. When she found out she was preganant, she fantasized three of them living together, not knowing her college sweetheart did not expect any change. Claudia was the wildest, provocative one among the three. She startled Susanne and Elizebath by telling them that she was going to marry a farmer.
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