Pink Chimneys

Ardeana Hamlin grew up in Bingham, Maine, in the 1950s and 1960s, in the days of the river drives, the veneer mill, and the woods operations. She has always loved writing; Hamlin wrote her first fiction at age 12 and her first poetry at age 16. Over the years, she’s worked a variety of different jobs, including family planning specialist, waitress, babysitter, recreation coordinator, copyeditor, newspaper columnist, and seamstress. Most recently, she worked as a newspaper journalist for the Bangor Daily News for over half a decade. Hamlin is the author of four novels, Pink Chimneys, A Dream of Paris, Abbott’s Reach, and The Havener Sisters. Her hobbies include knitting, creating fiber art pieces, and gardening. She has lived for forty years in the same neighborhood in Hampden, Maine. 

Author photo by Kevin Bennett for Islandport Press.

In the News:

• From Pink Chimneys to The Havener Sisters (November 20, 2015)

• The Havener Sisters: A Delightful Adventure in Historic Maine (November 18, 2015)

• Q & A with Ardeana Hamlin (November 9, 2015)

“Pink Chimneys could well be the quintessential “Maine” historic novel . . . The real strength in the book (and likely its enduring appeal) lies in the story’s turns as well as its likeable characters and their abilities to endure and cope with life’s adversitites and the consequences of the choices they have made. However, Pink Chimneys is not a hard, gritty novel, nor is it a romance novel either. Ms Hamlin manages to craft a good story, firmly based in history without resorting to detailed descriptions of what goes on up on the second floor at Pink Chimneys. Nor does she resort to affected wordings of love and romance. In doing so, she has written a timeless novel that was entertaining to read.”—The Miramichi Reader