Stephanie Powell Watts is an author you need to know. She grew up in Caldwell County and has beaten the odds to land a major New York publishing deal. Her first novel, No One is Coming to Save Us, was released this spring, and last week I had the chance to read it. Wow! The book manuscript commanded six figures …
Visit the 1920s with these novels
If you’re into the Jazz Age, let me recommend two outstanding books by Caroline Preston: The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt (2011) and Gatsby’s Girl (2006). The covers of both of these books jumped out at me perusing the stacks at the public library where I work. I picked Scrapbook off the new books shelf and once I opened the cover, …