The Summer of Cecily

Have you ever read a book and wished it was your story? The Summer of Cecily is that kind of book. Magically, Nan Lincoln makes her six-week adventure, rescuing and then raising an abandoned seal pup feel like your story, too. The reader will learn, along with Cecily, what it takes to be a harbor seal. The Summer of Cecily is a heart-warming and inspiring true tale about the meeting of a creature of the land and a creature of the sea, of falling in love and, ultimately, having to say good-bye. It is also the story of a very special place, where an ordinary day can turn into an extraordinary adventure. Nan Lincoln lives in Bass Harbor Maine, where she has been a reporter and arts editor for the local newspapers for the past 25 years. Steven Katona, Ph.D., is President of College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, and founder of the college's marine mammal research group, Allied Whale. Sam White is an artist and poet. A graduate of Colby College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Nan Lincoln of Bass Harbor, ME Nan Lincoln lives in Bass Harbor Maine, where she has been a reporter and arts editor for the local newspapers for the past 25 years -- most recently with the Mount Desert Islander. In addition to raising her kids and a seal she enjoys singing with the Maine Women's Balkan Choir, performing in community theater and playing Scrabble -- preferable while in the middle of a lake or a winding salt marsh, aboard the Nan&Nan, a pedal boat.

Sam White Sam White is an artist and poet. A graduate of Colby College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he is currently working on a graphic novel. .