Partly fleeing Maine
βIn the kind of New England I'm from, you are expected to stay and marry somebody from New England - well, Maine, actually - so I think it was seen as a betrayal when I left for New York, which has been my refuge.ββ
β Elizabeth Strout (born 1956), novelist. She grew up in Harpswell, Maine, and now divides her time between Brunswick, Maine, and New York