Nolan Maren

Novels for the second half of life

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Book cover of The Last Stop on Mill Row by Nolan Maren

Chapter One · about 20 minutes

The Last Stop on Mill Row

Book One of The Penrose Street Stories. A driver quits days before the first day of school, and Maggie Lisowski climbs behind the wheel of Bus 7 herself.

Book cover of What June Kept by Nolan Maren

Chapters One & Two · about 18 minutes

What June Kept

A standalone novel. Claire Bennett empties one house in Ohio and drives north to the one her aunt left her in Port Haven, Maine.

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