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Almost, Maine Spiral-Bound | 2020-03-31

John Cariani

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A YA novel based on the acclaimed play about the many stages of love--both funny and at times heartbreaking.

Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that's so far north, it's almost not in the United States--it's almost in Canada. And it almost doesn't exist, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it's just . . . Almost.

One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. Love is lost and found. And life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same.

Based on a popular play by the same name, Almost, Maine is a charming and romantic collection of stories that will have you thinking about love in an entirely new way.

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 352 pages
ISBN-10: 125010291X
Item Weight: 0.9 lbs
Dimensions: 5.6 x 1.5 x 8.6 inches
Almost, Maine (stage play):

"A higher-concept and more clever version of Hollywood hits like Love, Actually and Valentine's Day, this rom-com leans on shrewd writing rather than star power in its nine interlocking love stories. [It] alternates beautiful, evocative prose with stutteringly awkward exchanges and often very funny sight gags." --The New York Times

"Mega-hit Almost, Maine lands somewhere between Norman Rockwell and Our Town. Unabashedly unhip. There is no pretense of an edge here--the show offers a sweetness and decency that's become rare at the theater. At this point, it's a welcome breath of fresh air." --The New York Post

"Entirely charming. Hilarious. Sweet but not cloying. Almost, Maine is a fairy tale, or a collection of them, and it's quiet enough, subtle enough, funny enough… that we believe." --The New York Observer

"A snowy charmer. These nine tales of love in the time of frostbite have a winning glow that proves surprisingly contagious." --The New York Sun

JOHN CARIANI is a Tony(r) Award-nominated actor and a playwright. He's appeared on and off-Broadway and in several films and television show, and his plays have been performed all over the world. Almost, Maine is his most popular play and the basis of this, his first novel. John grew up in Presque Isle, Maine and resides in the Bronx.