The Loop
by Joe Coomer | 
One Vacant Chair
by Joe Coomer | 
Apologizing to Dogs
by Joe Coomer | 
The Weight of Winter
by Cathie Pelletier | 
The Way Life Should Be
by Christina Baker Kline |
High Tide at Noon
by Elisabeth Ogilvie | 
The Funeral Makers
by Cathie Pelletier |
Stern Men
by Elizabeth Gilbert | 
Off Season
by Anne Rivers Siddons | 
More Than You Know
by Beth Gutcheon | 
Letourneau's Used Auto Parts
by Carolyn Chute | 
Colony
by Anne Rivers Siddons |
A Certain Slant of Light
by Cynthia Thayer |
Cordelia Underwood
by Van Reid | 
Maine
by J. Courtney Sullivan | 
Olive, Again
by Elizabeth Strout | 
Strong for Potatoes
by Cynthia Thayer | 
The Summer Guest
by Justin Cronin | 
Take Me With You
by Catherine Ryan Hyde | 
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo |
'??Coomer writes so well, with such freshness and authenticity, that we hate to put the book down.'? '??The Boston Globe The first thing Hannah said to the dog: '??I don'??t know if there'??s enough room for you on this island. I'??m already here.'? Inhabiting an island off the coast of Maine left to her by her great-uncle Arno, Hannah finds her life as a dedicated and solitary artist rudely interrupted one summer when a dog, matted with feathers and seaweed, arrives with the tide. The dog quickly endears himself and easily adapts to Hannah'??s habits, but he is only the first in a series of unexpected visitors. He is soon followed by a teenager running from an abusive father, a half sister in trouble, a mainland family in need, and a trapped whale. Now in the midst of a community that depends on her for support and love, Hannah faces new emotional challenges as family secrets are uncovered, each one more alarming than the next. In his latest novel, Joe Coomer offers the rugged yet stunning beauty of Maine and the lobstermen and their families who are tethered to the sea for survival. Pocketful of Names is a deeply human tale about the unpredictability of nature, art, family, and whatever else washes up on the shore.