Linda Behrend revives Anne Armstrong’s stories of her adopted hometown in the late 1800s
Anne Wetzell Armstrong’s reminiscences of Knoxville at the end of the 19th century have been edited by Linda Behrend in the newly published Of Time and Knoxville: Fragment of an Autobiography. Behrend will discuss Armstrong’s life and memoir at Historic Westwood in Knoxville on April 13.
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The Hero of This Book ponders the story of a mother and daughter
Elizabeth McCracken’s new novel, The Hero of This Book, offers a dazzling, prismatic story of an author reflecting on her mother and her writing. McCracken will discuss the book with Ann Patchett at Parnassus Books in Nashville on October 10.
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Adria Bernardi’s Benefit Street is a lyrical tale of exile
At the heart of Adria Bernardi’s third novel are five female friends, displaced from their homes and trying to carry on in a new place. Bernardi will appear at the 2022 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 14-16 and at The Porch in Nashville on November 9.
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Jami Attenberg reveals the writing life
In her new book, I Came All This Way to Meet You, bestselling novelist Jami Attenberg presents a stellar collection of essays about the writing life. She will appear at the 2022 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 14-16.
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Emma Straub’s This Time Tomorrow takes its middle-aged heroine back to her teens
Emma Straub’s This Time Tomorrow is the touching and suspenseful story of a woman given the chance to relive her 16th birthday and make choices that have the power to change the course of her future. Straub will discuss the novel with Margaret Renkl at Parnassus Books in Nashville on May 18.
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Love rules in Adriana Trigiani’s The Good Left Undone
Adriana Trigiani’s new novel is a sweeping, multigenerational romance rooted in Tuscany. Trigiani will discuss The Good Left Undone at the East Tennessee History Center in Knoxville on May 6.
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