Oslo, Maine

Marcia Butler

Mar 2021 · Highbridge Audio · Narrated by Charlie Thurston

About this audiobook

A moose walks into a rural Maine town called Oslo. Pierre Roy, a brilliant twelve-year-old, loses his memory in an accident. Three families are changed for worse and better as they grapple with trauma, marriage, ambition, and their fraught relationship with the natural world. Oslo, Maine inspects the strengths and limitations of seven average yet extraordinary people as they reckon with their considerable collective failure around Pierre's accident. Alliances unravel. Long held secrets are exposed. And throughout, the ever-present moose is the linchpin that drives this richly drawn story, filled with heartbreak and hope, to its unexpected conclusion.

About the author

Marcia Butler, a former professional oboist and interior designer, is a documentary film maker and author of the memoir The Skin Above My Knee and debut novel, Pickle's Progress. With her second novel, Oslo, Maine, Marcia draws on memories of performing for fifteen years at a chamber music festival in central Maine.

Charlie Thurston has appeared on stages across the country, including Trinity Repertory Company, Arden Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, Intiman Theater, Chautauqua Theater Company, and Riverside Theatre. Charlie holds an MFA in acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep.