Carolyn Chute
American novelist whose debut The Beans of Egypt, Maine brought the rural poor of New England to literary attention with unflinching realism. Her fiction is a passionate advocacy for the forgotten working class. She is an important and underappreciated voice in American regional fiction.
Works
- The Beans of Egypt, MaineA multigenerational family saga set in rural poverty and off-grid Maine
- Letourneau's Used Auto PartsInterconnected rural Maine families navigating poverty, love, and survival
- Merry MenA working-class man and family navigate poverty, work, and small-town Maine
- Snow ManA rural working-class Maine family endures hardship and internal conflict
- The School on Heart's Content RoadRural families create an alternative school community away from mainstream society