Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein

Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein for Not Your Bubee’s Book Club at The Boston Synagogue

With a rich cast of sup­port­ing char­ac­ters, Maine Char­ac­ters by Hannah Orenstein trans­ports read­ers to sum­mer-time Maine — loons, blue­ber­ries, and sum­mer storms includ­ed. A per­fect read for fans of Car­ly Fortune’s Meet Me at the Lake, Orenstein’s nov­el is a time­less and heart­warm­ing nov­el infused with hon­esty, love, and com­pli­cat­ed dis­cov­er­ies about sis­ter­hood, self­hood, and what home real­ly means.  Review by:By

Jes­si­ca Sender

– May 8, 2025

Not Your Bubbe’s Book Club offers a unique Jewish twist featuring exciting  Jewish authors and Jewish stories directly featured from The  Jewish Book Council. 

Date: August 24 , 2026 at 7:00 PM (Eastern Time)

Join us for a meaningful discussion to explore the leading characters, born only six months apart, Vivian and Lucy have the same father but have nev­er met. While both spent a month at the lake each sum­mer with their father as kids, their paths nev­er crossed, and they were only vague­ly aware of each oth­er — until tragedy strikes, and the two women are forced to con­front each oth­er and some painful truths.

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