Helen and Holly Hit the Books
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The Calamity Club
by: Kathryn Stockett Goodreads Synopsis: In 1933 Oxford, Mississippi, Prohibition is on the wane, and the Great Depression is tightening its grip. Poor and rich folks alike have fallen on hard times, even as the old social order remains. For women on the margins, the options are few and the price of dignity and self-determination…
Land
by: Maggie O’Farrell Goodreads Synopsis: ‘You will never understand how the land remembers, how deep the roots grow’ A spellbinding story of separation, longing, recovery and survival as a family makes a new home in the aftermath of tragedy. On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are…
The Tobacco Wives
by: Adele Myers Goodreads Synopsis: Maddie Sykes is a burgeoning seamstress who’s just arrived in Bright Leaf, North Carolina—the tobacco capital of the South—where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. After years of war rations and shortages, Bright Leaf is a prosperous wonderland in full technicolor bloom, and Maddie is dazzled by the bustle…
Weyward
by: Emilia Hart Goodreads Synopsis: I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to…
Tidbit July 2026
Helen’s cousin, Howard Scott, has written a sequel to his hit book Rascal on the Run. If you are a fan of John Grisham and legal thrillers, this series will be right up your alley! Howard’s writing is witty, articulate and most importantly entertaining. Howard can a regale a tale! To read more about cousin…
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