Garrie Madison Stoutimore grew up in western Massachusetts and graduated from UMass Dartmouth. Her debute book, Behind the Maltese Cross draws readers around the firehouse kitchen table where she relates their tales of comradery, danger, and the quiet moments that rarely make the headlines. A die hard New Englander, she is devoted to her family, friends, and the Atlantic Ocean.
Garrie Madison Stoutimore grew in western Massachusetts and graduated from UMass Dartmouth. Her debute book, Behind the Maltese Cross draws readers around the firehouse kitchen table where she relates their tales of comradery, danger, and the quiet moments that rarely make the headlines. A die hard New Englander, she is devoted to her family, friends, and the Atlantic Ocean.
“If the kitchen table was the mecca for conversation, coffee was the vehicle by which it was served.” In my childhood home, the coffee pot was rarely empty. Often joined by friends and neighbors, my parents sat at our old kitchen table and sipped the stuff several times a day. Before I was old enough…
Behind the Maltese Cross 