To Crown with Liberty (Chrism Press 2024), by Karen Ullo, takes readers into a whirling journey of intrigue, love, and loss intertwined with the events stemming from the effects of the French Revolution. Throughout this captivating tale, Alix de Morainville, a former lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoniette, seeks to flee the Reign of Terror but finds […]
“Outliving the White Lie: A Southerner’s Historical, Genealogical, and Personal Journey” by James Wiggins
July 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Outliving the White Lie: A Southerner’s Historical, Genealogical, and Personal Journey (UMiss Press 2024) by James Wiggins is a blend of public, family, and deeply personal history. The result is an important book that examines racism and slavery through a unique lens. As a descendant of Southerners who fought for the Confederacy, Wiggins shares his […]
“Mirrors: and Other Reflections” by David Armand
July 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Mirrors: and Other Reflections (Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette 2023) is a collection of essays most of which were published elsewhere before inclusion is this “memoir in pieces” title. In a brief opening narrative, the author says that these are interconnecting essays provided mostly in chronological order. This is easy reading, and the writer, despite […]
“Liberty Street” by Jason K. Friedman
July 14, 2024 by Leave a Comment
In Liberty Street: A Savannah Family, Its Golden Boy, and the Civil War (U of SC Press 2024), Jason K. Friedman takes an unusual approach to combine the personal story of how he researched this book with the history of a Savannah family and Civil War battles. When Friedman purchases a home in Savannah’s historic […]
“Sun Don’t Shine” by Crissa-Jean Chappell
July 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Sixteen-year-old Reece Avery lives a risky life in the underbelly of South Florida, a desperate kind of life she wants to shake. She longs for stability, normalcy, and friends. Yet her life on the run has denied her these things. Abducted by her father when she was a young child, she was told her mother […]
“Margaret: The Rose of Goodwood” by Donna Meredith
July 3, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Without a doubt, writer Donna Meredith picked a winner when she chose to write a historical novel about Margaret Wilson Hodges Wood and her estate, Goodwood, in Tallahassee, Florida. In reality, the subject probably picked her. As she explains in an author’s note, a family member believed he had connections to Margaret’s second husband. Meredith […]