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Mount Vernon Author Writes Down The Bay
Writing about the sea is second nature to Mount Vernon resident Deborah Sherman Terry. Under the pen name D.S. Terry her recently published book Down the Bay recounts, in fictional style, her own true experience growing up on the coast and working on a lobster boat with her brother. As explained in her press Maine is known for its rock-bound coastline and its rough, independent fishermen. Thirteen-year-old girls are known for their sharp wit. When the parents of a teenage girl send her lobstering with her older brother, these two combine to make for an entertaining account of Mane's lobstering culture in the late nineteen seventies. This autobiographical story by local author D.S. Terry takes the reader through two summers of lobstering. The main character, Debbie, discovers what it will be like to work for a living, ponders her future, and learns how to handle a few tough situations. Her older brother, Reggie, learns a few things, too, as they figure out who is stealing his catch. While other books about Downeast Maine seem to keep readers on the outside of the family circle, readers of Down the Bay will find themselves right inside this family, laughing and crying with them through life's struggles. Readers will gain a genuine knowledge of what it is like to grow up on the Maine coast and what it means to be a lobsterman. D.S. Terry was born in Blue Hill, Maine in 1964. She grew up in a lobstering family, just as the book describes. She graduated from George Stevens Academy in 1982 and from Eastern Maine Vocational Technical Institute in Bangor in 1984. She now lives and works in Mount Vernon, Maine. She has two grown children and two grandchildren. Down the Bay is her first book. The author may be contacted at dsterry@tersher.com. | ||