BOOKMARKED {what are you reading} Authors and others coming to the 39th Annual Authors Luncheon recommend a favorite read.
THERESE ANNE FOWLER
Author of “A Well-Behaved Woman”
R E C O M M E N D S : “Less” BY ANDREW SEAN GREER H E R TA K E “This recent Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction captivated me from the first page with its wit, its intelligence and its charming, seemingly
hapless hero, Arthur Less. The novel has humor and warmth — and a love story, too. Truly a delightful book from start to finish.”
ADRIANA TRIGIANI Author of “Tony’s Wife” and Event Emcee R E C O M M E N D S : “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America” BY BETH MACY
H E R TA K E “‘Dopesick,’ written by the stealth, brilliant, razor-sharp journalist Beth Macy, chronicles the opioid crisis in the Appalachians, including my hometown in southwest Virginia. Macy lives in Roanoke, Virginia, so she has a bird’s
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eye view of the tragedy. With equal parts compassion, empathy and wisdom, she speaks to the people who believe they can solve the problem, live with the reality of drug addiction, or are in rehabilitation. It’s an eye-opening opus.”
Arizona Women’s Board President
R E C O M M E N D S : “Gone with the Wind” BY MARGARET MITCHELL H E R TA K E “This classic novel is surprisingly relevant today. The horrors of civil war, survival, issues of race and women’s struggles, coming of age and tragic love are all subjects broached in this 1936 novel set in Georgia during the time of the American Civil War. Mitchell
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is a master of creating vivid characters and she brings to life difficult scenes from this brutal time in our country’s history. It is worth reading, and more haunting than the movie. The characters seem to get under your
skin and stay with you for days.”
