#northeaster

Every time that I went to pick up this book, or think about this book, I just kept thinking it was called Nor’easter (which, was no doubt part of the point of the title). Just sorta made me chuckle every time.

I’ve read about a bunch of the intense storms that the New England area has had over the years. From the 1938 out of nowhere sort of hurricane, to of course, the 1978 storm that also seemed to come out of almost nowhere…. Wait…. What was it called again? Heh… Anyway…. Weirdly I’d never heard of this 1952 snowstorm that hit New England. This book tells the story (so so well) of that storm, and about so many of the people who were involved in that storm. Those who needed help and those who helped.

Living in New England I personally know how kind my fellow New Englanders are (not always “nice”, but, always always kind). But, a lot of the rest of the world has…. Interesting ideas about New Englanders, and those from Maine specifically too. So, hopefully this book opens some eyes in that way, as well as just being the story of such an intense storm.

You may like this book If you Liked: This is Chance! by Jon Mooallem, The Great Hurricane--1938 by Cherie Burns, or The Lost Boys of Montauk by Amanda Fairbanks

first posted in facebook september 8, 2023

gifford beal -- "northeaster #2, bass rocks" (ca. 1930)