Reported by Rita
Between the States: Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia
During the Civil War by V.N. Bud Phillips is an account of what daily
life was like in the new town during a very difficult time. Phillips wrote
several books of local history about Bristol, and relied heavily on oral
stories from Bristol’s oldest citizens. Our reader liked the inclusion of
documents and diary entries from the period as well as other information about
the beginnings of Bristol. PP
Gardens in the Dunes by
Leslie Marmon Silko is a historical novel about Indigo, a young Native American
girl taken from the fictional Sand Lizard tribe by white soldiers. Indigo is forced
into a government school to learn the ways of white children before being
rescued by a kind woman and her husband. Our reader enjoyed it and said it is
worth reading more than once. AH
Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country
Legend by Taylor Hagood is the true story of David “Stringbean”
Akeman, famed cast member of country music variety show Hee Haw, and his tragic
murder along with his wife in 1973. Our read found this unsolved murder and
courtroom drama to be sad but very interesting. DC
Girl Forgotten by Karin Slaughter is the
suspense-filled tale of a new US Marshall who has a hidden connection to her
first assigned case. Emily Vaughn was killed in a small town in 1982, but forty
years later clues emerge to bring a killer to justice. Our reader enjoyed this
recent standalone novel, as she enjoys most anything written by Slaughter. KP
Also Mentioned:
All Quite on the Western Front by Erich
Maria Remarque
Violeta by Isabel Allende
The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing,
and the Exercise of Freedom by Jane Smiley
Wish You Well by David Baldacci
Ripper by Isabel Allende
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah
Waters
Subpar Parks by Amber Shore (E-book
only on TN READS)
With My Little Eye by
Joshilyn Jackson
New Books:
Bloody Breathitt: Politics and Violence in the
Appalachian South by T.R.C. Hutton
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A.
Cosby
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