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Holding On to Beauty

October 23, 2015 Adriana Trigiani will appear at the Nashville Public Library on October 26, 2015, at 6:15 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Holding On to Beauty

Decoding a Civil-War Mystery

October 22, 2015 In Linda Lee Peterson’s third novel, The Spy on the Tennessee Walker, San Francisco magazine editor Maggie Fiori learns that her great-great-great grandmother was a nurse who treated soldiers on both sides of the Civil War and who engaged in a love affair with a freed slave. Peterson will appear at The Booksellers at Laurelwood in Memphis on October 27, 2015, at 6:30 p.m.

Life in Full Color

October 20, 2015 When Yslea, the narrator of Raymond Barfield’s debut novel, The Book of Colors, wanders past three row houses along the railroad tracks in North Memphis and asks for a glass of water, she begins a difficult but ultimately life-affirming series of relationships.

Saving Laurel Springs

Saving Laurel Springs

Saving Laurel Springs

Lin Stepp

Kensington
272 pages
$15.99

“I’ve finally come across someone that believes in all the things that I do. . .love, family, faith, intrigue, mystery, loyalty, romance, and a great love for our beloved Smoky Mountains.”

–Dolly Parton

Listening to Mozart

Listening to Mozart

Listening to Mozart

Charles Wyatt

Univ of Iowa Press
180 pages
$20

“Fascinating and provocative.”

—Choice

The End Game

The End Game

The End Game

Catherine Coulter

G.P. Putnam's Sons
464 pages
$26.95

“Another outstanding entry in this series that features FBI agent Nicholas Drummond and his partner, Michaela Caine… Layer upon layer, The End Game is worth ‘checking’ out.”

—Associated Press

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