A chance encounter. A life mapped by legacy. A woman who's done with maps. Brian Atworth is the golden boy of Washington: polished, connected, and destined for a future his powerful father has already outlined. Rebecca is none of those things. She's a night-shift gas clerk with a sharp tongue, a broken history, and no interest in rescuing or being rescued. Their worlds weren't meant to overlap. But when Brian pulls into Rebecca's station on a hot D.
C. night, what begins as a barbed exchange grows into something neither of them can ignore. As their lives intertwine, both are forced to confront the quiet ache of wanting more and the terrifying possibility of choosing differently. For fans of Sally Rooney, Jonathan Dee, and Claire Messud, A State of Maine is a sharp, intimate debut about class, control, and the fragile art of becoming.
A chance encounter. A life mapped by legacy. A woman who's done with maps. Brian Atworth is the golden boy of Washington: polished, connected, and destined for a future his powerful father has already outlined. Rebecca is none of those things. She's a night-shift gas clerk with a sharp tongue, a broken history, and no interest in rescuing or being rescued. Their worlds weren't meant to overlap. But when Brian pulls into Rebecca's station on a hot D.
C. night, what begins as a barbed exchange grows into something neither of them can ignore. As their lives intertwine, both are forced to confront the quiet ache of wanting more and the terrifying possibility of choosing differently. For fans of Sally Rooney, Jonathan Dee, and Claire Messud, A State of Maine is a sharp, intimate debut about class, control, and the fragile art of becoming.