There’s nothing quite like a great book recommendation from someone whose taste you trust, which is why we’re excited to continue The Book Nook, featuring our staff’s current favorites. If you have a book that’s captured your heart and think our readers would love it too, send your pick to us at ed****@*************en.com and tell us why—we’d love to feature reader recommendations in future issues.
Angel’s Pick
Becoming the Light: A Journey of Self-Discovery through Fiber Art
by Renee Fleuranges-Valdes
This is not your typical book because it shares more than words. It shares photos of Renee’s beautiful quilting projects with stories about why and when they were made. Each one has a powerful meaning. As Renee shared, “In a world that so often dwells in pain, failure and loss, I choose to become the light.”
Sarah’s Pick
The Hotel on Place Vendome
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
This thrilling work of nonfiction reads like a spy novel, taking readers back to World War II when the opulent Hotel Ritz in Paris became headquarters for high-ranking German generals, American celebrities, heiresses, royalty, fashion designers, writers, artists and double agents—while the outside world burned.
Charleston’s Pick
Where the Rivers Merge
by Mary Alice Monroe
From the New York Times bestselling author comes an epic multigenerational novel celebrating one woman’s life in the American South. Set in the Lowcountry from 1908 to 1988, this is a sweeping family story of unyielding love, profound sacrifices and one woman’s fight to protect her legacy.
Coming in August
Violet Adams
by Victoria Benton Frank
Violet Adams is the perfect youngest child in a family of loud, passionate women on Sullivan’s Island. After a sudden breakup and tragedy, she doesn’t know who she is anymore. With her best friend’s help, Violet is determined to break out of her shell in the Lowcountry.