In Book Reviews | Chapter 16

An Intimate Conversation

Jenn Shapland’s memoir explores the relationship between a writer and her subject

By Jane Marcellus | January 27, 2020

After discovering Carson McCullers’ correspondence with love interest Annemarie Clarac-Schwarzenbach, writer Jenn Shapland set off on a journey to learn more about McCullers, and in doing so, about herself. She tells the story of the journey in My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir. Shapland will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 5 and at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on February 7.

Beyond Hemingway

Ruta Sepetys’ The Fountains of Silence uncovers the hidden history of Franco’s Spain

By Fernanda Moore | September 25, 2019

Ruta Sepetys’ riveting fourth novel, The Fountains of Silence, shines light on yet another story the world has conspired to forget.

Lies of Omission

Secrets affect three generations of a family in Bethlehem

By Faye Jones | June 26, 2019

A wife finds that her husband’s family mansion contains old secrets and new temptations in Karen Kelly’s Bethlehem.