Author Engagement Series: Maine Characters

Name: Author Engagement Series: Maine Characters
Start: 2025-08-20T14:00:00-04:00
Location: 1342 Congress Street, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04102

Schedule

Wed, 20 Aug, 2025 at 02:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1342 Congress Street, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04102 | Portland, ME

Author Hannah Orenstein joins us at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, August 20th via Zoom to discuss her book, Maine Characters. Join the Wise Ventures Book Group to participate in this discussion in-person at the JCA or register for the Zoom link to join remotely! This event is free but registration is required. Book sales will be available at the JCA courtesy of our friends at Longfellow Books. Book club members are also entitled to 20% off the list price at in-store purchases at Longfellow Books - just mention that you're part of a club at checkout!
Maine Characters. From beloved author Hannah Orenstein, this love letter to lake life is “the Parent Trap for adults,” the story of two half-sisters who meet for the first time at their father’s cabin in Maine after his unexpected death.
Every summer, Vivian Levy and Lucy Webster spend a month with their father at his lake house — separately. Raised in New York City, Vivian is an ambitious sommelier with a secret that could derail her future. Lucy grew up in a tiny Maine town, where she now teaches high school English while watching her marriage unravel. They’ve never met. While Lucy envied her half-sister from afar, their father kept Vivian in the dark.
When Vivian arrives at the lake to spread his ashes and sell his cabin, she's shocked to find Lucy there, awaiting his return. In an ideal world, they’d help each other through their grief. Instead, forced to spend the summer together, they fight through a storm of suspicion and hostility to untangle the messy truth about their parents’ pasts. While Lucy is desperate to hold onto the house, Vivian is scrambling after a betrayal. After thirty years apart, is it too late for them to be a family?
For fans of Carley Fortune and Elin Hilderbrand, this sister story set on a lush lake brims with the undeniable heart, depth, charm, and humor that have endeared Hannah Orenstein to legions of readers.
About the Author
Hannah Orenstein is the author of Maine Characters, Meant to Be Mine, Head Over Heels, Love at First Like, and Playing with Matches, as well as the Deputy Editor of Lifestyle and Wellness at Bustle. She splits her time between Brooklyn and Maine.