Product Description: This history of a state-operated institution for the developmentally disabled in New Gloucester, Maine is a story that continues today, because Pineland and its many counterparts still influence care in the state. It presents a clear-eyed view of residents and staff who gave their hearts and souls to the care of others and those who did not, those who were bright and those who were not, those who escaped and those who stayed, those who hated and those who loved, those who lit fires and those who put them out...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)