The Maytrees LP
The Maytrees LP by Annie Dillard, published by Harper Collins on July 3, 2007, is presented in a large print edition spanning 216 pages. This novel unfolds the story of Toby Maytree, a Provincetown native and poet, who first encounters Lou Bigelow on her bicycle in postwar Massachusetts. Their relationship evolves as Dillard explores themes of love and longing against the backdrop of a community of nonconformist artists and writers.
Readers will find a narrative that intimately depicts the complexities of family life and the bonds of loyalty and friendship. As Lou pursues her passion for painting and their son Petie enters their lives, the dynamics of their relationships shift, particularly with the involvement of their friend Deary. Through spare and elegant prose, Dillard captures both the vastness of nature and the nuances of human connection, making The Maytrees a significant addition to her literary oeuvre.
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Toby Maytree first sees Lou Bigelow on her bicycle in postwar Provincetown, Massachusetts. Her laughter and loveliness catch his breath. Maytree is a Provincetown native, an educated poet of thirty. As he courts Lou, just out of college, her stillness draws him. Hands-off, he hides his serious wooing, and idly shows her his poems.
In spare, elegant prose, Dillard traces the Maytrees’ decades of loving and longing. They live cheaply among the nonconformist artists and writers that the bare tip of Cape Cod attracts. Lou takes up painting. When their son Petie appears, their innocent Bohemian friend Deary helps care for him. But years later it is Deary who causes the town to talk.
In this moving novel, Dillard intimately depicts nature’s vastness and nearness. She presents willed bonds of loyalty, friendship, and abiding love. Warm and hopeful, The Maytrees is the surprising capstone of Annie Dillard’s original body of work.
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