An Instant Heirloom

Through this vintage cottage has been in the family only twenty years, it's already become an heirloom. Image subjects: kitchen of heirloom cottage outside

Through this vintage cottage has been in the family only twenty years, it's already become an heirloom.
Image subjects: kitchen of heirloom cottage
outside view of front of heirloom cottage
table set on deck overlooking water
living area of heirloom cottage
shelf on wall of heirloom cottage

By: Frank Andrews
and Joel Vance

Photography by: Brian Vanden Brink

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Our New Books
	Take Heart \| In this collection of verse, Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair has collected the work of Maine poets from his popular “Take Heart” column, featuring a poem each week in thirty newspapers across the state and reaching a quarter of a million readers.
	Interventions \| Four individually bound stories presented in a lovely slipcase.
	Maine ABC \| Illustrated with distinct Maine icons, such as moose, lobster, and Katahdin, this book has a rhyming verse that will have children singing the words, asking for it to be read again and again, and learning the alphabet in no time.
	Cartoons from Maine \| Collecting more than 100 of his best, most popular comics, Cartoons from Maine: How’s the Water, Bob? presents a hilarious alternative look at Maine.