Candles on Bay Street: A Novel - Hardcover

McKinnon, K. C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038549128X ISBN 13: 9780385491280

Publisher: Doubleday, 1999

Synopsis

A portrayal of small-town life chronicles the efforts of Sam Hebert, the veterinarian of Fort Kent, Maine, to understand the secrets of Dee Dee Michaud, the beauty who left town only to return years later to begin a candle business

About this title

About the Author:

K.C. McKinnon is a pseudonym for novelist Cathie Pelletier, whose seven critically acclaimed books include The Funeral Makers, The Weight of Winter, A Marriage Made at Woodstock, and Beaming Sonny Home. Her previous novel as K.C. McKinnon was Dancing at the Harvest Moon. A Maine native, she now lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Visit the author on the Web at: http://www.kcmckinnon.com

From the Inside Flap:

f Dancing at the Harvest Moon returns to her roots in Maine with this atmospheric, heart-wrenching story of love and loss.

In Candles on Bay Street, K. C. McKinnon immerses readers in the rhythms of small-town life in Fort Kent, Maine, a close-knit community that finds many of its most cherished beliefs thrown into question when a hometown girl returns after a long absence. The narrator is Sam Thibodeau, the town veterinarian, whose world is turned upside down when his childhood friend and lifelong crush, Dee Dee Michaud, comes back to town. Dee Dee was always the town flirt, a beautiful, boisterous girl whose spirit couldn't be contained by such a small community. After high school she'd roared off in a sleek Corvette "the color of the sun" at the side of Bobby Langford, the kind of guy who looked great behind the wheel of a flashy car.

Resettling in Fort Kent years later with her son Trooper--the mysterious Bobby having disappeared long a

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 038549128X
• ISBN 13: 9780385491280
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224