The maytrees / Annie Dillard.

Author/creator Dillard, Annie
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : HarperCollinsPublishers, ©2007.
Description216 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Abstract 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. 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 Pete appears, their innocent Bohemian friend Deary helps care for him. These people are all loving, and ironic. As Dillard intimately depicts nature's vastness and nearness, she presents willed bonds of loyalty, friendship, and abiding love.--From publisher description.
General note"A portion of this work has previously appeared, in different form, in Harper's magazine"--T.p. verso.
Genre/formDomestic fiction.
LCCN 2006052599
ISBN9780061239533 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0061239534 (acid-free paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS 3554.I398 M39 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold