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"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, author of Orphan TrainIn ten interlinking stories, the town of Abbot Falls reacts as Ernie Whitten, pipefitter, builds a giant ark in his backyard. Ernie was weeks away from a pension-secured retirement when the union went on strike. Now his wife Marie is ill. Struck with sudden inspiration, Ernie builds the ark as a work of art for his wife to see from the window; a vessel to carry them both away; or a plea for God to spare Marie, come hell or high water.As the ark takes shape, the rest of the town carries on. There's Dan Little, a building-code enforcer who comes to fine Ernie for the ark and makes a significant discovery about himself; Francine Love, a precocious thirteen-year-old who longs to be a part of the family-like world of the union workers; and Atlantic Pulp & Paper CEO Henry John…
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- Title Ernie's Ark: The Abbott Falls Stories
- Author Monica Wood
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher David R. Godine Publisher
- Date 2020-09-29
- ISBN 9781567926682 / 1567926681
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.8 in (19.05 x 13.46 x 2.03 cm)
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- Cultural Region: New England
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Geographic Orientation: Maine
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Library of Congress subjects Community life, Manners and customs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020019413
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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