Southern Authors

The Newcomer Mary Kay Andrews

NEWCOMER is full of the signature wit readers expect from Mary Kay Andrews and travels from a murder in Manhattan to a laid-back Florida Beach. The Queen of Summer Reads earns her crown with this one.

 

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Bright Lights, Big Christmas Mary Kay Andrews

BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CHRISTMAS is another Christmas treat from Santa's favorite novelist. A young woman leaves her family Christmas tree farm to sell her beautiful greenery in the heart of New York. The quirky block she has chosen in Greenwich Village provides a most interesting neighbor.

 

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Shaking the Gates of Hell: A Search for Family and Truth in the Wake of the Civil Rights Revolution John Archibald

SHAKING THE GATES OF HELL is Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Archibald's examination of a...

Pure Heart: A Spirited Tale of Grace, Grit, and Whiskey Troylyn Ball

PURE HEART: A SPIRITED TALE OF GRACE is a truly amazing story of a determined mother of two special needs sons who surmounts every obstacle to become to become a highly successful distributer of legal moonshine. This is one of the most inspiring books in the store.

 

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Lookaway, Lookaway Wilton Barnhardt

LOOKAWAY, LOOKAWAY is Southern satire at its finest. The protagonist is an unforgettable woman attempting to put back together a family coming apart.

 

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Wendell Berry Port William Novels & Stories: The Civil War To World War II Wendell Berry

WENDELL BERRY: PORT WILLIAM NOVELS & STORIES FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO WORLD WAR TWO delivers as the title suggests, novels and stories from the country's finest writer/farmer/environmentalist. These works run the gamut from serious, sober to hurt-your-tummy funny, clever. The Library of America only selects the best...

Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee tribute by Rick Bragg) Rick Bragg

GO SET A WATCHMAN is actually an early draft of To Kill a Mockingbird. it is set a generation later and gives the reader a clear picture of the prejudices of the South during these trying times. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for...

Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story Rick Bragg

JERRY LEE LEWIS: HIS OWN STORY was researched while Rick Bragg spent the better part of two summers with Jerry Lee getting his complete life story in a one-on-one conversation conducted mostly in the superstar's bedroom. This is the first opportunity readers have to understand what really happened as Jerry Lee explains...

My Bookstore Rick Bragg

MY BOOKSTORE: WRITERS CELEBRATE THEIR FAVORITE PLACES TO BROWSE, READ AND SHOP was a collaborative effort by Ronald Rice (editor), Richard Russo (introduction), Leif Parsons (illustrator), and dozens of Americas finest authors writing about their favorite bookstores. We are proud to have been included and that Rick...

Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg Rick Bragg

SOMEBODY TOLD ME is a collection of Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg's best stories. He looks where others don't and gets behind the headlines to the people standing there stunned and often, he finds them, voiceless.

 

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