What Fiction are you reading this week, April 19, 2020?

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9. The Recipe for Revolution by

Carolyn Chute.

I read some of her earlier books set in rural Maine, and did not like them that much. Maybe I have grown. Maybe she has.

Things happen slowly in this book, and they are told from several points of view.

Gordon St. Onge, "The Prophet," rules over a controversial settlement in Maine. He meets Bruce Hummer, CEO of a multinational corporation.

A teenager named Brianna. who lives at the settlement, writes the Recipe for Revolution. It sparks future events.

When I picked this up at the library, I was looking for new, fat books. I had a feeling we would be in quarantine, or shelter in place. If I had been paying attention, I would not have picked this title. I might learn something.