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For immediate release: January 1, 2020 |
| Announcing the 2020 Winter Okra Picks |
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(Asheville, NC) Southern independent booksellers have selected thirteen titles for their 2020 Winter Okra Picks, their seasonal list of great forthcoming Southern books. The Winter Okra Picks publish in January, February, and March and feature southern voices, southern stories, and southern writers. Each and every one of them also has a cadre of southern bookseller champions, eager to place these books into the hands of adventurous readers. Southern independent bookstores – we grow good books! Hill Women by Cassie Chambers “An honest narrative about the challenges of life in one of the poorest regions of the country while giving voices to the women who lifted up her life.” –Beth Seufer Buss, Bookmarks, Winston-Salem, NC Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illus.) “How James Ransome hasn't been awarded a Caldecott yet is beyond me.” –Elsie Stutts, Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC Wilmington's Lie by David Zucchino “This is truly a book to shake your world view.” –Rosemary Pugliese, Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, Asheville, NC Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain “A wonderfully nuanced novel with two engrossing, engaging heroines.” – Tracie Harris, The Book House, Mableton, GA Just Like a Mama by Alice Faye Duncan, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (Illus.) “Just Like a Mama is the perfect way to honor everyone who fills the gap when Mama cannot always be there.” –Angie Tally, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC Remembrance by Rita Woods “Rita Woods has blended together a story that is both historically and currently relevant, told across three timelines with four different protagonists, all women of color. This is an exciting and important book!” –Carl Kranz, Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg “Strong as a traditional true-crime recounting of murder, the investigation and subsequent trial…an allegory for the on-going challenges faced in the rough [Appalachian] landscape.” – Doloris Vest, Book No Further, Roanoke, VA My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland “A mix of memoir and biography. Anyone can paint a broad outline of a writer's life, but Shapland reveals Carson McCullers in a fresh way.” –Sissy Gardner, Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN Race Against Time by Jerry Mitchell “It reads like a novel and is essential reading for southerners.” –Lia Lent, Wordsworth Books, Little Rock, AR The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson “Like a johnboat ride through the depths and darkness of the subconscious, under the canopy of the bayou.” –Stuart McCommon, novel., Memphis, TN Bells for Eli by Susan Beckham Zurenda “Like visiting with a long-lost friend over a cup of tea.” – Suzanne Lucey, Page 158 Books, Wake Forest, NC The Last Taxi Driver by Lee Durkee “A fairly thorough search for fairness and cab fare in the world that barely leaves the car or Mississippi. I laughed and (sadly) related.” – Ian McCord, Avid Bookshop, Athens, GA A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler “A blend of Romeo and Juliet with Hatfield and McCoy, set in a 'nice' contemporary American neighborhood where 'these things shouldn't happen.' A heart-breaking, eye-opening must-read!” – Cathy Graham, Copperfish Books, Punta Gorda, FL |
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