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Once Upon a Time on the Banks (Mattagash, Bk 2)
Once Upon a Time on the Banks - Mattagash, Bk 2
Author: Cathie Pelletier
It's 1969, the first day of spring in Mattagash, Maine. The river ice breaks, and soft scented breezes ripple respectfully over tidy McKinnon lawns and sneak across tire-strewn Gifford yards. The Mattagashers step outside, filled with cabin-fever dreams nurtured during the long, dark, frozen winter. They're bursting with excitement over ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780671724474
ISBN-10: 0671724479
Publication Date: 9/1/1991
Pages: 384
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3.6 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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For fans of Cathie Pelletier, here we return to the boisterous, tacky and opportunistic residents of Mattagash, Maine, in a tale as lively as Pelletier's previous one about that hapless riverside hamlet (The Funeral Makers).

The Sixties have arrived and Amy Joy Lawler (descendant of their small town's Protestant founder) plans an unlikely and controversial miniskirted wedding to a Catholic with unacceptable French Canadian origins. Meanwhile, her upscale Portland relations, the Ivys, have troubles: their funeral home lacks clients, a Liz Taylor lookalike pursues their married son and heir, and to witness Amy Joy's nuptials they must stay at Albert Pinkham's motel, scene of past humiliations. Nearby, the Snopes-like Giffords feud over events at Penny's post-Christmas sale while hoping to enhance their stock of hubcaps at the wedding reception parking lot. When these folks get together, the resulting mix of zany comedy, pathos, and sense of place makes worthwhile reading.
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