The Maytrees (novel)

The Maytrees (novel)

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name = The Maytrees
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author = Annie Dillard
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = HarperCollins
pub_date = June 12, 2007
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media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 224 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-06-123953-4
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"The Maytrees" is American author Annie Dillard's second novel, a fictional account of the lives of Toby and Lou Maytree in Provincetown, MA, from the time of courting to old age. [http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061445446/The_Maytrees/index.aspx The Maytrees by Annie Dillard] ]

Plot introduction

Literate Provincetown bohemians Toby and Lou Maytree meet and marry, have a son, and begin to grow old before Toby decides to leave for Maine to build a new life with a family friend. Toby and Lou remain estranged as the book follows both characters through life's progress: Lou raises their son and Toby and Deary develop a successful business. When Deary falls ill and Toby loses his ability to care for her, the families are reunited.

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