The Maytrees

The Maytrees

First edition cover
Author Annie Dillard
Country United States
Language English
Genre Novel
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date
June 12, 2007
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 224 pp
ISBN 0-06-123953-4
OCLC 76786885
813/.54 22
LC Class PS3554.I398 M39 2007

The Maytrees is American author Annie Dillard's second novel, a fictional account of the lives of Toby and Lou Maytree in Provincetown, MA, from the time of courting to old age.[1]

Plot introduction

Literate Provincetown bohemians Toby and Lou Maytree meet and marry, have a son, and begin to grow old before Toby decides to leave for Maine to build a new life with a family friend. Toby and Lou remain estranged as the book follows both characters through life's progress: Lou raises their son and Toby and Deary develop a successful business. When Deary falls ill and Toby loses his ability to care for her, the families are reunited.

Footnotes

  1. The Maytrees by Annie Dillard


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