In See You on the Other Side, the concluding novel in a tetralogy depicting a glamorous Manhattan couple, Jay McInerney balances nostalgia for the riotous past with concerns for a doubtful future. McInerney will discuss See You on the Other Side at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 17-18.
Maggie O’Farrell brings her extraordinary skill for rendering family grief to her latest novel, Land, a sprawling story that crosses several landscapes and spans millennia. O’Farrell will discuss Land at Vanderbilt University on July 2.
Kevin Powers, the author of the landmark Iraq War novel The Yellow Birds, returns with Children of the Wild, a deeply felt tale of two men — one wealthy, one penniless, both in love with the same woman — and the endurance of their unlikely friendship as they journey from the valleys of southwest Virginia to the killing fields of France during the first World War and back home to a rapidly changing world.
Is a career in music worth the heartache? That’s the question for Maggie Corbin, the protagonist of Susannah Felts’ new novel, The Come Apart. Felts will appear in Nashville at Vinyl Tap on June 17 and Vanderbilt University on July 9.
Summer’s Never Over by Darby Bozeman offers the kind of scary story campers tell when they gather around the fire. In this tale, the camp itself goes up in flames, taking the life of a dazzling young counselor. Was it an accident or murder? Darby Bozeman will discuss Summer’s Never Over at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on June 9.
Ann Patchett’s subtle, spirited new novel follows one 53-year-old woman as she reckons with her half-forgotten childhood and considers parenthood in a fresh light. Patchett will appear at Harpeth Hall School in Nashville on May 31.
