St. Martin's Press 8/30/2022. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen is a gentle ghost story set on a made-up island off the coast of Charleston. I loved the quirky characters (a reclusive bestselling author, odd birds, a henna artist, and a James Beard-award winning Southern chef) and the theme of letting go of the past to open oneself to the future. Recommended to anyone who loves Southern novels and a touch of magic. -Jill Hendrix, store owner (seconded by Mary Jane, store volunteer reader) View More...
St. Martin's Griffin 9/5/2023. New paperback. On sale 9/5/23. Pre-order today! Store pick: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen is a gentle ghost story set on a made-up island off the coast of Charleston. I loved the quirky characters (a reclusive bestselling author, odd birds, a henna artist, and a James Beard-award winning Southern chef) and the theme of letting go of the past to open oneself to the future. Recommended to anyone who loves Southern novels and a touch of magic. -Jill Hendrix, store owner (seconded by Mary Jane, store volunteer reader) View More...
Banks Channel Books 2/17/2017. New paperback. From the award-winning author of more than a dozen books, including the novel Safe Passage, which was made into a movie starring Susan Sarandon, comes a collection of 20 of the writer's short stories originally published in such magazines as McCall's and Good Housekeeping in the 1980s and 1990s-- a celebration of women's magazine fiction during the height of its popularity. Sometimes poignant, sometimes funny, always entertaining, they still feel remarkably relevant to women's complicated lives today. Signed by author. View More...