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I have read quite a few Boston-based books and even have a Boston shelf here on Goodreads. I don't think that I've ever read any books that specifically took place on the south shore.



A lot of Dennis Lehane's books are set in MA. I've read Mystic River and Shutter Island and loved them both.


A Sout Shore author, Amy MacKinnon, just joined this group. She is having a book launch party in Cohassett in a couple of weeks.
Hi, All,
Thanks for including me, Jessica. My novel, Tethered, takes place in Whitman and Brockton. I'll be at Buttonwood Books in Cohasset August 12 and would love to see you there (www.amymackinnon.com).
A woman from my writers' group, Lynne Griffin of Scituate, has a parenting book out, Negotiation Generation, and recently sold her first novel, Life Without Summer (April 2009).
There's also Jennifer Haigh (Hull), Catherine Goldhammer (Hull), Brian Lies (Duxbury), Hallie Ephron (Milton), Alice Hoffman (various),etc. We're pretty fortunate to be surrounded by all of this talent.
Amy MacKinnon
Thanks for including me, Jessica. My novel, Tethered, takes place in Whitman and Brockton. I'll be at Buttonwood Books in Cohasset August 12 and would love to see you there (www.amymackinnon.com).
A woman from my writers' group, Lynne Griffin of Scituate, has a parenting book out, Negotiation Generation, and recently sold her first novel, Life Without Summer (April 2009).
There's also Jennifer Haigh (Hull), Catherine Goldhammer (Hull), Brian Lies (Duxbury), Hallie Ephron (Milton), Alice Hoffman (various),etc. We're pretty fortunate to be surrounded by all of this talent.
Amy MacKinnon

I'll be reading from my parenting book, Negotiation Generation and facilitating a Q & A on Wednesday August 6th at the Joseph Dawe Elementary School in Stoughton, if anyone is interested. (6 pm)
And I will be attending your event at Buttonwoods, Amy. Can't wait to get my copy of Tethered.


If anyone has read this book, I'd sure appreciate it if you could write a review here. You can probably find it at your local public library (Plymouth has it). You can read excerpts and comments at NLLibrarium.com.
You might also be interested in some Pilgrim-related essays I posted in my Profile section, under "Glenn's Writings."
I love "Old Nantasket" by Doc Bergen--it tells a nice little history of Hull, very interesting and entertaining.