The Burning Side By Sarah Damoff

There’s something about a story that gets under your skin—the kind you carry with you long after you’ve turned the final page. The Burning Side is exactly that sort of book.

This literary novel weaves together the quiet ache and fierce love of family life with the pull of a mystery you won’t want to put down. It’s the kind of read that invites you to linger, to sit with characters who feel less like inventions and more like people you’ve known your whole life. Damoff writes with a rare tenderness, tracing the ways families fracture, forgive, and hold on through the things that threaten to burn them apart.

We’re especially proud to shelve this one. As a fresh new release from a Maine author, it feels right at home here in our little cove—salt air, creaking floorboards, and all.

What makes it shine:

• A gorgeous hardcover edition, made to be held and treasured
• Literary fiction with the heartbeat of a mystery
• A deeply human story of family, secrets, and second chances
• Local pride: a wonderful voice from right here in Maine

Curl up with this one on a rainy afternoon, the kind where the fog rolls in over the footbridge and the whole world feels hushed. It’s a book made for slow reading and long thinking.

Come browse, or let us wrap one up for you. We’d love to help you discover your next favorite read—and we have a feeling this might just be it.

Additional information