The Midcoast, Adam White’s debut novel, is a small town with dark secrets family saga. He tells the story of Andrew, who as a teenager, worked for Ed Thatch, a down-and-out lobsterman. Andrew leaves for college. Later as a coach and teacher, he and his family return to his home town of Damariscotta and finds Ed’s life has changed immensely. He’s now a well-to-do businessman, and his wife is the manager of Damariscotta, a little haven on the Maine coast known for its oysters and antiques. Andrew’s interest in the Thatches is piqued by their rags-to-riches story and culminates in his writing a novel about them. He interviews them as well as does other research, and this investigation drives the unfolding of events in the Thatches’ lives.
White’s characters are well-developed and multifaceted, and he juggles different time frames and points of view well. Having spent time on the Maine coast, I could readily identify with both the characters and the not-as-idyllic-as-it-seems village.
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