1. Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian
2. La Rose by Louise Erdich
3. The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland
4. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
5. The Ruin of all Witches, Life and Death in the New World by Malcolm Gaskell
6. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

The Skipper, Nantucket, Mass.

Nantucket Island Massachusetts. This sign, at Gardiner’s Corner, seems to ask “Where in the world do you want to go from here?” as if anyone would ever want to leave Nantucket.