Author: Jewett, Sarah Orne, introduction by Anita Shreve,
Title: The Country of Pointed Firs.
Description: NY, Signet, (2000). 5th ptg. VG PB. Jewett's finest work about a woman writer who comes one summer to Dunnet Landing, Maine, to find seclusion for her work. Jewett traces the patterns of life of of the lonely inhabitants of once-prosperous coastal towns. Her finest work traces the residents whose lives are molded by the Maine winters, by the surrounding rock-filled fields, and by strong resourceful women.

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