Helpful Score: 4
An excellent book, full of wisdom, about the author's midlife journey of self-discovery on an island off the coast of Maine. Loved it!
Helpful Score: 1
I really enjoyed this read~
Helpful Score: 1
Setting and description play a large part in Shulman's story; she's very, very good at that aspect. The latter part of the book focuses more on her personal life (going through an acrimonious divorce, etc.), and, unfortunately, I really struggled to identify with her there - target audience would be educated, professional (liberal) women over 60. As with other memoirs/autobios, I found her friend Margaret's observations (can you call a real person a "secondary character"?) as interesting as, if not more so, than Shulman's own musings, especially when she engages in occasional self-pity.
