My Love Affair With the State of Maine: By Scotty Mackenie

by Scotty Mackenzie and Ruth Goode

Book Overview

Take two energetic young professionals fresh from the New York advertising world, drop them into a small Maine town as the new owners of the village store/restaurant/dance hall/soda fountain/guest... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892724072
• ISBN13: 9780892724079
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Down East Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

My Love Affair With the State of Maine

I love this story, especially that it is a true story. I suppose my love for this story has a lot to do with my love for the State of Maine. It is well written, entertaining at times, sad at times, but makes one fall in love with Maine all over again. If you have not been to Maine this book will be a good introduction for you, despite the fact that it was written in the 1940's..I don't think Maine has changed that much since, as far as its beauty and the beauty of its people. I highly recommend it. You will fall in love with the two main characters.

Great book

I've read it twice now and loved it each time. Agree with the opinions above. People who enjoy this may be interested in "We Took to the Woods" by Louise Dickinson Rich, also entertaining humerous look at life in Maine.

Takes you away to Maine!

I often don't get a chance for much pleasure reading so many books that I start never get finished. This book, however, grabbed me in from the start and like the other reviewer said, I could not put it down. It truly transported me to Maine, a state that I love to visit. However, even if you aren't a Maine fanatic, I think you will enjoy the book and it's ability to take you away from your everyday life. In addition, the strong, independent women who play the lead roles in the book are truly inspirational, especially considering the time period in which they were asserting this independent spirit. Seeing their willingness to jump in to a business that they knew little about and to set it up successfully in a short period of time has really awakened in me the belief that anything is possible -- you just have to be bold enough to go after it. This book is a wonderful read and one that I will surely pick up time after time. I highly recommend it.

Couldn't put it down

This book written about the trials and tribulations of two young girls who quit their jobs in New York and took up running a grocery store in Goose Rocks. Scotty does a fantasitc job at taking the reader to Maine. She captivated me and I truely could not put this book down. I want read it again right away!

A memoir that inspired me 40 years ago!

In my youth, I often vacationed in Maine and happened to find this book in the local library during one trip. It was truly inspiring for me as a young girl, both to appreciate the great state of Maine and to go on to write memoirs of my own. I would recommend this classic to any would-be memoirist, as a great example of how a well-written life story can transcend time.