Oslo, Maine

“Butler’s characters are such complex, authentically flawed humans, you can’t help but root for them. But then there’s the moose…Butler’s moose is a moose, and we never lose that essential fact. It was a brilliant choice to open the novel in the moose’s perspective to immediately establish her stakes in the story… Oslo, Maine is an engaging, wonderfully nuanced novel.” – Jaimee Colbert Wriston, New York Journal of Books“For all their furtiveness, the flawed but deeply relatable characters in Butler’s second novel, exude an authentic sense of humanity, making this a sure-fire recommendation for Fredrik Backman (A Man Called Ove) fans.” – Carol Haggis, Booklist“Wildly plotted, astutely observed, and brimming with wit. Marcia Butler explores the blunt, hard follies of human nature with verve and humor in this innovative and charming novel.” – Adrienne Brodeur, author of the national bestselling memoir, Wild Game“I raced through this novel in one breathless sitting. Highly recommended!” – Karen Dionne, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Wicked Sister“Marcia Butler is a master dramatist, a sorceress, and extraordinary novelist.” – E. J. Levy, author of Love, In Theory and The Cape Doctor“The fictional, titular town hosts a complicated page-turner of a story spurred by the fallout from a young boy’s violent run-in with a moose, and though the pacing is breezy, the grappling with interpersonal and interspecies relationships is not.” – Will Grunewald, DownEast Magazine“The town itself and its rural Maine setting are almost characters themselves in the adept hands of this novelist, who draws upon her own musical background to bring the story to life.” – Manhattan Book Review“Butler (Pickle’s Progress) writes beautifully and with depth, each character mined for internal gems.” – Shelf Awareness

Marcia Butler, a former professional oboist and interior designer, is the author of the memoir, The Skin Above My Knee, and debut novel, Pickle’s Progress. With her second novel, Oslo, Maine, Marcia draws on indelible memories of performing for fifteen years at a chamber music festival in central Maine. While there, she came to love the diverse topography, the earnest and quirky people, and especially the majestic and endlessly fascinating moose who roam, at their perpetual peril, among the humans. After many decades in New York City, Marcia now makes her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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