Rough Sleepers, the latest book by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder, follows Dr. Jim O’Connell, a physician who has spent his career providing care for homeless people in Boston. Tracy Kidder will appear at the 2023 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
David C. Morton and Charles K. Wolfe’s DeFord Bailey: A Black Star in Early Country Music chronicles the life and times of a legendary entertainer and musician.
Shark Heart, the debut novel by Emily Habeck, is an idiosyncratic, even fantastical, allegory exploring the transformative natures of love between husband and wife, mother and daughter, human and animal. Habeck will appear at The Bookshop in Nashville on September 21
In her memoir, A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief and Healing, Amanda Held Opelt observes the impact of grief on her identity, relationships, and faith.
David Joy’s Those We Thought We Knew explores family ties, secrets, and revelations that will shake a man to his core.
The protagonist of Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake tells her daughters the full story of her past. Or does she? Patchett will discuss Tom Lake at Harpeth Hall School in Nashville on July 31, Novel in Memphis on August 18, and the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
