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Goodreads asked Barbara Ross:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Barbara Ross It's so hard to know where ideas come from! The town I live in in Maine has a Windjammer's Day, and Busman's Harbor's Founder's Weekend is modeled somewhat on it. But the idea of a Founder's Day came from reading I did about clambakes, and how they can back into fashion in the early 20th century, along with Founder's Days and other celebrations of a simpler, more rural life that arose in response to industrialization and urbanization. Except among Native Americans in the coastal states and Canadian provinces, where clambakes were like backyard barbecues and never went out of fashion.

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Dawn

Dawn asked Barbara Ross:

I've noticed that two of the Christmas novella collections you've written with Leslie Meier and Lee Hollis -- Eggnog Murder and the soon to be released Yule Log Murder -- aren't included on the Maine Clambake Mystery page, even though they are part of Julia Snowden's story. Is that intentional or just an oversight by Goodreads?

Emily

Emily asked Barbara Ross:

Hi, What was a favorite book you enjoyed reading from your childhood?

Nina Connors

Nina Connors asked Barbara Ross:

Hello. I can't fine your second Jane Darrowfield book to buy on Kindle. Is it not being published as an e-book? Or not on Amazon? What am I doing wrong? Thank you.

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