Cathie Pelletier

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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1986
  • Latest Book:
    November 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Mattagash, Maine

1 - The Funeral Makers (Jan-1986)
3 - The Weight of Winter (Nov-1991)
4 - Once Upon a Time on the Banks (Nov-1989)
4 - One-Way Bridge (May-2013)

Book List in Order: 16 titles

  • The Funeral Makers

    Mattagash, Maine - 1

    "A crazy, rollicking whoop of a book, written with a poet's sensibility and deeply wacky down-home wisdom." -- Lee Smith, author of The Last GirlsA century after the impulsive McKinnon brothers set out to tame the Canadian wilderness and instead land...

  • Once Upon a Time on the Banks

    Mattagash, Maine - 4

    Set in the backwood Main village, Mattagash, this is a book about Amy Joy Lawler, descendant of Protestant settlers, who decides to marry a man of French-Canadian descent, an outsider. Cathy Pelletier also wrote "The Funeral Makers"....

  • The Weight of Winter

    Mattagash, Maine - 3

    Winner of the New England Book Award"Cathie Pelletier generates the sort of excitement that only writers at the very top of their form can provide." -- Stephen KingWelcome to Mattagash, Maine, a small, quirky town where everyone's personal lives are ...

  • The Bubble Reputation

    Rosemary O’Neal lived for eight years with William, in a rambling country house in Maine. Then William committed suicide on a trip to London, leaving her with questions, anger, and no way to say goodbye. When her zany family descends on the house, ...

  • A Marriage Made At Woodstock

    Fred and Lorraine Stone met at the famous Woodstock music festival in upstate New York. And as all couples must, they grew up" just not in the same direction. Now in their forties, Fred has become Frederick, a sell-out accountant whose last vestige...

  • Beaming Sonny Home

    “The sharp-tongued Mattie...is one of Pelletier’s most sublime creations.” -- BooklistFortune hasn’t been kind to 66-year-old Mattie Gifford. Her mother committed suicide, her husband slept with her best friend, and she can’t stand her thre...

  • One-Way Bridge

    Mattagash, Maine - 4

    In her highly anticipated new novel, acclaimed literary master Cathie Pelletier returns to Mattagash, Maine, the beloved New England town where it all started. Welcome to Mattagash, the last town in the middle of the northern Maine wilderness. The...

  • Allagash

    Are There Aliens in Allagash? Roberta is convinced she and her best friend Marilee can win the State Science Fair if only they can find an amazing project to showcase. And they've got the whole summer to work on it. But in order to win they'll nee...

  • A Wedding on the Banks

    The typically tranquil backcountry town of Mattagash, Maine, is buzzing with news. Amy Joy Lawler, the last of Mattagash's founding clan, just announced her engagement to Jean Claude Cloutier-an outsider. Her scandalized mother takes to bed in protes...



  • Running the Bulls

    In small-town Maine, unhappily retired Howard Woods is shaken awake one morning by his wife, who confesses to a devastating affair. To the utter dismay of his family, Howard refuses to forgive her. Instead, he vows to travel to Pamplona, Spain, in th...

  • A Year After Henry

    In her exquisite new novel, acclaimed author Cathie Pelletier presents a witty and refreshingly candid portrait of grief, intergenerational conflict, and the impact one person can have on those he loved. Bixley, Maine. One year after Henry Munroe'...

  • The Summer Experiment

    Are There Aliens in Allagash? Roberta is convinced she and her best friend Marilee can win the State Science Fair if only they can find an amazing project to showcase. And they've got the whole summer to work on it. But in order to win they'll nee...

  • The Mystery Traveler at Lake Fortune

    WHEN CHARLIE BAKER’S PARENTS ANNOUNCE that they’re taking him and his sister -- the drama queen Clarissa -- to a cabin in Maine for two weeks, Charlie thinks they’re kidding. Then their mom adds something else. “There’s no electricity,” s...

  • Evangeline

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie,” tells the fictional story of a seventeen-year-old girl who searches for Gabriel, her lost love, amid the 1755 expulsion of the Acadians from maritime Canada....

  • Aliens in Allagash

    Roberta McKinnon, age 11, is a science nerd and big dreamer. She likes to add to this resume, “And guess what? I'm blonde!” She and her best friend, Marilee Evans, are trying to figure out how to beat the impossibly brilliant Henry Ho...

  • Evangeline's Journey

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie,” tells the fictional story of a seventeen-year-old girl who searches for Gabriel, her lost love, amid the 1755 expulsion of the Acadians from maritime Canada.Now,...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Cathie Pelletier has published 16 books.

Cathie Pelletier does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Evangeline's Journey, was published in November 2024.

The first book by Cathie Pelletier, The Funeral Makers, was published in January 1986.

Yes. Cathie Pelletier has 1 series.
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