This is the story of the trials that beset the McKinnons, the first family of Mattagash, Maine, when they try to arrange a funeral for the family matriarch. Bubbling with quirky humor, this marks a dazzling debut for a gifted and richly talented young writer.

The Funeral Makers

Cathie Pelletier

Literature & Fiction

Collier Books

British & Irish

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Thirty of today's top stars of country music--from longtime favorites to today's hottest new names--present their most cherished Christmas memories--and their favorite Christmas recipes--in this perfect holiday gift for all country music fans. Fifty beautiful hand-tinted photographs evoke the warm and nostalgic spirit of the season.

A Country Music Christmas

Patsi Bale Cox

Jim Glaser

Humor & Entertainment

Crown Publishers, Inc.

After Rosemary O'Neal's lover of eight years commits suicide, her zany family descends upon her, intent on consolation, but she retreats to a tent on the lawn to make sense of her grief and find redemption and renewal. Reprint.

The Bubble Reputation

Washington Square Press

The typically tranquil backcountry town of Mattagash, Maine, is buzzing with news. Amy Joy Lawler, the last of Mattagash's founding clan, just announced her engagement to Jean Claude Cloutier-an outsider. Her scandalized mother takes to bed in protest while the rest of the town gleefully anticipates the social event of the year. As guests roll in, the no-good Giffords plot to steal wedding gifts and hubcaps, and motel owner Albert Pinkham devises new schemes to fill his cash register. Meanwhile, on hearing this news, Amy Joy's aunt downstate plots to return to Mattagash for good against her husband's wishes, while her son carries on an affair with an Elizabeth Taylor look-alike behind the back of his Valium-addicted wife. When this volatile assortment gathers in church on the big day, hilarious and wacky results ensue. With wry humor and razor-sharp wit, Cathie Pelletier weaves a powerful story-at once outlandish and poignant-about family, heritage, and the often imperceptible ties that bind us together.

Wedding on the Banks, A (Mattagash, 2)

Genre Fiction

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