Once Upon a Time on the Banks: Once Upon a Time on the Banks

Boisterous, tacky and opportunistic residents of Mattagash, Maine, prepare for the unlikely wedding of Amy Jo Lawler, descendant of their small town's Protestant founder, to a Catholic with unacceptable French Canadian origins. PW called this ``irreverent and bawdy. . . . In spite of the novel's raucous tone, it is apparent that Pelletier views her feisty Mainers with deep affection.'' (Sept.)