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Chamber pot of gold Antique once owned by famed poet turns life around for heroine in Bangor native's latest novel

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From: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
Date: 20060327
Author:OF THE NEWS STAFF; KRISTEN ANDRESEN

Lately, people keep giving Mameve Medwed chamber pots.

This might seem a bit odd - and perhaps insulting - unless you've read the Bangor native's new novel, "How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life" (William Morrow, $24.95)

In the book, antiques dealer Abby Randolph is an unlikely heroine who experiences a change in fortune from an unlikely source: an ordinary-looking chamber pot once owned by the extraordinary poet. Abby is a down-on-her-luck thirtysomething who's still mourning her mother's death and the loss of her first and perhaps only true love. She's also still coming to terms with ...

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