For nearly 20 years, the people of Nantucket have been telling their stories and sharing their memories with Mary Miles. Many of these conversations have been printed in Yesterday’s Island though the years. Now Mary has collected these interviews and published the first of what will, we hope, be many volumes. Nantucket Voices, Volume One offers 52 interviews representing the complex warp and woof of the strong fabric that makes up the Nantucket community: the natives, the “almost natives” (those who came as infants and stayed), the long-time summer residents, the washashores, coofs, and ‘round the pointers. These are the “voices” of the many islanders who carry within them memories and history that might otherwise be lost forever. Nantucket Voices is a tapestry of personal recollection, revelations, beautifully homespun anecdotes, old jokes revived, ancient heartbreaks remembered. Black and white photographs accompany each of the chapters, adding an appealing dimension to the portraits. This thick, sturdy paperback is a bargain at $25. And besides, who doesn’t love reading about people?.