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SUMMARY:Author Talk and Signing with Madeline Blais for Martha's Vineyard Memoir To the New Owners
DESCRIPTION:Madeleine Blais was a reporter for the Miami Herald for years before joining the faculty of the School of Journalism at the University of Massachusetts. She is the author of In These Girls\, Hope is a Muscle\, Uphill Walkers\, and The Heart Is an Instrument\, a collection of her journalism. Savoy Bookshop & Cafe is delighted to host Madeline Blais for an author talk and signing for her book To the New Owners.\n\n\n\nIn the 1970s\, Madeleine Blais's in-laws purchased a vacation house on Martha's Vineyard for the exorbitant sum of $80\,000. A little more than two miles down a poorly marked one-lane dirt road\, the house was better termed a shack?it had no electricity or modern plumbing\, the roof leaked\, and mice had invaded the walls. It was perfect.\n\n\n\nTo the New Owners is Blais's charming\, evocative memoir of this house\, and of the Vineyard itself?from the history of the island and its famous visitors to the ferry\, the pie shops\, the quirky charms and customs\, and the abundant natural beauty. But more than that\, this is an elegy for a special place.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Madeleine Blais&nbsp\;was a reporter for the&nbsp\;Miami Herald&nbsp\;for years before joining the faculty of the School of Journalism at the University of Massachusetts. She is the author of&nbsp\;<em>In These Girls</em>\, <em>Hope is a Muscle</em>\,&nbsp\;<em>Uphill Walkers</em>\, and&nbsp\;<em>The Heart Is an Instrument</em>\, a collection of her journalism.&nbsp\;Savoy Bookshop &amp\; Cafe is delighted to host Madeline Blais for an author talk and signing for her book&nbsp\;To the New Owners.<br />\n<br />\nIn the 1970s\, Madeleine Blais&rsquo\;s in-laws purchased a vacation house on Martha&rsquo\;s Vineyard for the exorbitant sum of $80\,000. A little more than two miles down a poorly marked one-lane dirt road\, the house was better termed a shack?it had no electricity or modern plumbing\, the roof leaked\, and mice had invaded the walls. It was perfect.<br />\n<br />\n<em>To the New Owners</em>&nbsp\;is Blais&rsquo\;s charming\, evocative memoir of this house\, and of the Vineyard itself?from the history of the island and its famous visitors to the ferry\, the pie shops\, the quirky charms and customs\, and the abundant natural beauty. But more than that\, this is an elegy for a special place.&nbsp\;<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop and Caf 10 Canal St. Westerly\, RI 02891
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URL:https://www.oceanchamber.org/events/details/author-talk-and-signing-with-madeline-blais-for-martha-s-vineyard-memoir-to-the-new-owners-18104
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