by: Kaveh Akbar Goodreads description: Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others—in which a newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a search that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final […]
Category: August 2024
Night Watch
by: Jayne Anne Phillips Goodreads description: In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee, the adult in her family for as long as she can remember, finds herself on a buckboard journey with her mother, Eliza, who hasn’t spoken […]
Sandwich
by: Catherine Newman Goodreads description: For the past two decades, Rocky has looked forward to her family’s yearly escape to Cape Cod. Their humble beach-town rental has been the site of sweet memories, sunny days, great meals, and messes of all kinds: emotional, marital, and—thanks to the cottage’s ancient plumbing—septic too. This year’s vacation, with […]
Upcoming Books for September 2024
We chose 3 very thick books for September. Read along with us…. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
August 2024 Tidbit
Helen says: I am hot on two cookbooks right now. My friend, Marilyn (sandwich lady), turned me onto to NY Times cooking phenom Lidey Heuck and my friend, Brooks, turned me onto Caro Chambers. Caro Chambers is a North Carolina native to boot… Check out their instagram sites @lideylikes and @carochambers to get some fun […]
Helen and Holly Hit the Books 