So Many Secrets
Andy Anderegg’s debut novel, Plum, follows a young woman as she comes of age and navigates relationships in the wake of childhood abuse.
Fiction
A Game of Pure Chance
In Jennifer Haigh’s Rabbit Moon, divorced parents fly to Shanghai after their estranged daughter is hospitalized following a car accident. Haigh will discuss Rabbit Moon at Parnassus Books in Nashville on April 17.
Looking for Home
Kelsey Norris’ debut story collection, House Gone Quiet, chronicles characters at a turning point. Norris will appear with Tiana Clark and Alina Grabowski at Vanderbilt University on April 3.
A Mother’s Whisper
In Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s new novel Happy Land, Black mothers and daughters reconnect with each other and the land that shaped them. Perkins-Valdez will discuss Happy Land at Novel in Memphis on April 11.
The Best Night of His Life
“I’m a baseball player,” 12-year-old Timothy “Pumpsie” Strickland declares. “Baseball is my life.” In Andrea Williams’ new middle-grade novel, Inside the Park, Pumpsie must overcome his fears and think fast to save the day when sinister forces threaten his beloved team, the Nashville Wildcats.
Pain and Pure Beauty
Author Chris Offutt wastes no time in the opening of The Reluctant Sheriff, as two liquor delivery drivers come across a dead body in the parking lot of a local tavern. This body is only the first to fall. Readers who’ve come to know and love Offutt’s Mick Hardin series can safely anticipate that there will be more to follow.
