Drawn back to the light, etc.

Androscoggin River, with the Free-Black railroad bridge in the foreground, in Brunswick, Maine.

— Photo by Jules Verne Times Two 

“I'm drawn to New England because that's where my roots are, and I miss it. I come from many generations of New Englanders, and so, in my writing, I've been drawn back there to the landscape and the light and the type of personality that's revealed.’’

Elizabeth Strout (born 1956), a celebrated novelist, is a Maine native who divides her time between New York City and Brunswick. Much of her work is set in The Pine Tree State.