No Job for a Lady
In Madame Fourcade’s Secret War, Lynne Olson tells the nearly forgotten story of how a privileged young woman built a spy network that helped defeat the Third Reich. Olson will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 14.
Book Reviews
How to Plan A Road Trip that Won’t Trip You Out
Travelers tend to fall into one of two categories: those who don’t mind sweating and those who do. Caroline Eubanks offers advice for both in her new book, This is My South. Eubanks will appear at Novel in Memphis on March 14.
Against the Odds
In The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers, Bridgett M. Davis tells the story of her mother, a woman who “made a way out of no way” as a banker in the underground lottery. Davis will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 13.
Leaving Elegy Behind
In Appalachian Reckoning editors Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll have assembled a bold collective response to the cultural phenomenon created by J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. Several contributors will discuss Appalachian Reckoning at the Knoxville Museum of Art on March 12 and at Parnassus Books in Nashville on April 25.
The Past Matters
In Greg Iles’s Cemetery Road, the suspicious death of an archaeologist throws a Mississippi town into chaos, jeopardizing the region’s economic future. Iles will appear at Christian Brothers University in Memphis on March 8 and at the Nashville Public Library on March 11.
To Take Feet to Ground
Afoot and Lighthearted: A Journal for Mindful Walking, a beautiful new book by Nashville nonfiction author Bonnie Smith Whitehouse, is clearly a labor of love. Whitehouse will discuss her new guide to meditative meandering at Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 7.
