New Release Book Event for Southern Author, Karen White. Join us as we celebrate the release of Karen's brand new book titled, THE MEMORY OF WATER on the 1st day of it's release. Karen will join us for a reading & signing.

Space is limited, so please r.s.v.p. to 770-427-4848. Food and refreshments will be provided. Admission is $5 per person.

On the night their mother drowns trying to ride out a storm in a sailboat, sisters Marnie and Diana Maitland discover there is more than one kind of death. There is the death of innocence, of love, and of hope. Each sister harbors a secret about what really happened that night—secrets that will erode their lives as they grow into adulthood.

After ten years of silence between the sisters, Marnie is called back to the South Carolina Lowcountry by Diana’s ex-husband, Quinn. His son has returned from a sailing trip with his emotionally unstable mother, and he is deeply disturbed and refusing to speak. In order to help the traumatized boy, Marnie must reopen old wounds and bring the darkest memories of their past to the surface. And she must confront Diana, before they all go under….

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Monday, March 10th- the book club is discussing SWEETWATER CREEK by the Queen of Southern Fiction, Anne River Siddons.

It's a DEEP DISH EVENT with our good friend Mary Kay Andrews (Kathy Hogan Trocheck) on Tuesday, March 18th! Join us @ 6:30p.m. for a reception as Mary Kay discusses & signs copies of her brand new title DEEP DISH- most of which takes place in the Atlanta area!

Space is limited, so please r.s.v.p. to 770-427-4848. Food and refreshments will be provided. Admission is $5 per person.

DEEP DISH is the story of a pair of rival Atlanta television chefs-both vying for a spot for their own national network cooking show. The competition heats up when Regina Foxton and Tate Moody find that opposites attract-in the kitchen and elsewhere.

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Space is limited, so please r.s.v.p. to 770-427-4848. Food and refreshments will be provided. Admission is $5 per person.

The Book of Marie is the story of a generation—whites and blacks—who ignited the war of change. Yet, it is also as much about the power of place—the finding of home—as it is about the history of events.
 

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Monday, April 14th- the book club will discuss THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by SUE MONK KIDD.

The Wedding Machine is a celebration of life-long friendship – the kind that endures death and divorce, accidents and alligators, hot flashes and hurricanes. Even the drama of small-town Southern weddings done exactly right.

From Mary Alice Monroe, best selling author of Swimming Lessons:
“Beth Webb Hart writes a beautiful story with compassion and an unerring eye to detail as she peeks behind the white lace, the polished silver, and the artfully arranged flowers of traditional southern weddings to reveal the hidden flaws and secrets of four women friends. Reading it, you’ll feel like a member of the wedding.”

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Set in the South Carolina Sea Islands, Nicole Seitz's second novel once again delves into the mysteries surrounding life and death, following the stories of a capricious widow and two middle-aged sisters. When their lives collide in a secluded Gullah community, each woman will discover what threatens to destroy her. One will seek healing in the face of dying, another will be forced to re-examine all that she knows to be true, and one woman will choose to keep hidden the long-buried ghosts of her past--just a little while longer.

Please read this heartfelt exploration of the timeless mysteries of life and death, and the healing power of true friendship. Talented author Nicole Seitz makes the reader a part of this very special sisterhood of island women whose wisdom and courage linger in the mind long after the book is closed.
— Susan Wiggs, NYT best-selling author of Dockside, Summer at Willow Lake, Table for Five, and Lakeside Cottage

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Monday, May 12th- This month's book club choice is THE GLASS CASTLE ; A Memoir by Jeanette Walls

Space is limited, so please r.s.v.p. to 770-427-4848. Food and refreshments will be provided. Admission is $5 per person.

In July TIME IS A RIVER will be released from Pocket Books and available where books are sold TIME IS A RIVER is the story of Mia Landan, a woman recovering from breast cancer in a mountain cabin near Asheville, North Carolina. She discovers the journal of a sensational fly fisher of the 1920s, one that holds secrets that span generations and holds the power to change her life.

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Monday, July 14th - Book Club meeting, book choice to be announced.