Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Nevermore: Between the States, Gardens in the Dunes, Stringbean, Girl Forgotten

 



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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