WED, Sept. 6 – Susie Zurenda (The Girl from the Red Rose Motel) at Pawleys Tap & Pour
WED, Sept. 13 – Patricia Bracewell (Emma of Normandy Trilogy) at DeBordieu Clubhouse
Tues, Sept. 19 – Ronda Rich (St. Simons Island) at 21 Main, North Myrtle Beach
Tues, Sept. 26 – BettyJoyce Nash (Everybody Here is Kin), Pawleys Tap & Pour (venue change)
weekly literary luncheons ($35 each) offer a three-fer discount (3 for $100, whether for future Moveable Feasts or to treat friends on a given date).
Mary Burton is such a good author that I’m always watching for her new books.
I really like a setting that is current or in the near future, also the locations in North Carolina where I recognize the places and those dunes.
Buried and lost memories and fiction are sometimes joined and hard to decipher, but by the end of the book we understand enough of the past and its effect on the present and a possible future.
I did not predict the ending, but it suited me just fine. Grab this book now, and you won’t put it down until finished.
Tues., June 6 ~ Marie Bostwick (Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly) at 21 Main ($35)
(719 North Beach Boulevard, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582)
Following the success of The Restoration of Celia Fairchild, Marie Bostwick brings us Esme Cahill Fails
Spectacularly – a novel about family, friendship, and finding your true path in life. Esme Cahill thinks she has failed spectacularly: fired from her New York City publishing job, divorced from her husband, and possessing little more than a broken-down car and a pile of unfinished manuscripts, she drives home to Asheville at the request of her late grandmother, Adele, who had begged her, just before she died, to return to the place she grew up. There she discovers the once-charming lakeside retreat run by her family is sliding toward financial ruin, so with the help of her grandfather, George; estranged mother, Robyn; and a travelling chef Dawes (maker of the world’s best grilled cheese sandwich) they set to work. In the attic, Esme unearths a trove of museum-worthy art quilts, sewn by Adele. Piecing together the inspiration behind them, Esme discovers a forgotten chapter in her family history and her grandmother’s untold story, that of a gifted artist who never received her due. This is an always-emotional, sometimes humorous, very human novel of what it means to be family—the ties that bind us together and the unintentional hurts that can rend us apart. And, along the way, Esme learns that failure can be the
first step toward the life you’re meant to find.
Tues., June 13 ~ To be announced
Mon., June 19 ~ Katherine Reay (A Shadow in Moscow) at Litchfield Country Club ($35)
(619 Country Club Drive, Pawleys Island 29585)
Award-winning, bestselling author of The London House, The Printed Letter Bookshop, Dear Mr. Knightly, and others with echoes from the days of Jane and Emily, Chicago-based Reay brings her love of books and history to her stories. In her new release, A Shadow in Moscow, “Reay builds an immersive world behind the iron curtain, full of competing loyalties and a constant, chilling sense of paranoia. Readers will be enthralled” (Publisher’s Weekly). A betrayal at the highest level risks the lives of two courageous female spies: M16’s best Soviet spy Ingrid Bauer and the CIA’s newest Moscow recruit Anya Kadinova. Alternating between Ingrid’s 1950s and Anya’s 1980s points of view, the past catches up to the present when an unprecedented act of treachery in 1985 threatens all undercover agents operating with the Soviet Union, and both women find themselves in a race against time and KGB.
Tues., June 27 ~ Laurie Larsen et al. (Charleston Light) at Pawleys Tap & Pour ($35)
(13089 Ocean Hwy, Pawleys Island 29585)
A collection of faith-filled novellas all inspired by Charleston Light, the wonderfully awkward-looking
lighthouse that sits on the shore of Sullivan’s Island, SC. The stories range from sweet romance to time
travel to fantasy to a modern retelling of a beloved fairy tale. You will definitely find something you
love on these pages! Eight Lowcountry authors contribute novellas, and all proceeds on the sales of this
book go to Sanctuary of Unborn Life (SOUL) of Charleston. Lighthouse of the Fireflies by Kelsey R
Budd; Second Time Lighthouse Love by Melissa Henderson; Looks Aren’t Everything, a Modern Day
Retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s classic Fairytale, The Ugly Duckling, by Laurie Larsen;
Hosanna’s Light, by Dianne Miley; Shattered Darkness, by Laurie Ingram Sibley; The Gold Note, by
Christina Sinisi; Homecoming, by Jody Stallings; Following His Plans, by Annette Wiley.
Luncheons with exciting authors, artists, musicians & historians at area eateries
For 25 years, the Moveable Feast, founded and managed by Linda Ketron, has been held at local restaurants throughout the year on Fridays (and some Tuesdays). Now, the Moveable Feasts are held on Tuesdays, unless the presenter or the preferred venue is unavailable. The presentation precedes the meal. For each Feast, the chef prepares a special menu, typically unavailable during the restaurant’s public hours. Food allergies are accommodated with advance notice; vegetarian option always available. Individuals, couples, friends, book clubs, and other small groups are assigned table seating. We will call to confirm your reservation 10 days prior to the event. *Each feast is $35 (or three for $100 paid in advance), unless additional expenses dictate a higher fee. The three-fer could be for future feasts, or for three guests at a single feast. After lunch, authors will adjourn to My Sister’s Books (13057 Ocean Hwy # C) to sign stock and chat with fans.
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CLASS Publishing is pleased to announce Jennie Holton Fant’s new collection of travelers’ observations with the release of The Regions of the Rice Planter: Historic Journeys around Georgetown and the Waccamaw River Regions, 1734-1875. Writer, editor, librarian Fant established her credibility as a charming traveling companion with prior books on Charleston (The Travelers’ Charleston (Accounts of Charleston and Lowcountry, South Carolina, 1666-1861) and Sojourns in Charleston, South Carolina, 1865-1947 (From the Ruins of War to the Rise of Tourism). Here, she turns her attention to the Waccamaw Neck and environs, making “the old, new again” with her dot-connecting footnoting technique and adding significantly to the area’s historical canon.
Georgetown County Library Director Dwight McInvaill (author of Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Charleston Renaissance Artist) states that, “based on a carefully curated and thoroughly explicated collection entries from journals and other reminiscences … Fant skillfully illuminates for us the adventures and attitudes of a case of real characters as they surmount often dangerous difficulties to embrace new experiences in an exotic South Carolina Lowcountry. She brings to life vividly – and through their eyes – their treks across a distant world of enslaved Africans, powerful plantation potentates, self-righteous religious reformers, and brilliant botanists, along with various rascals of all types. The result is an exciting book which resonates long after one finally puts it down.”
Historian/author Susan Hoffer McMillan writes “Jennie Fant delivers a phenomenal treasure of time travel to marvel readers with the raw wilderness of Carolina’s 18th and 19th century ricelands. This book’s enriching footnotes complete its tapestry of Carolina’s beloved Waccamaw Neck area and nearby environs.” Her opinion is echoed by Lee G. Brockington, historian, author and former director of interpretation at Hobcaw Barony, in her assessment: “In Fant’s fine editing of rich resources, we discover how other people saw the Waccamaw Neck in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their observations on geography, food, nature, and especially, the women at Hagley during the Civil War, give natives and newcomers a distinct and valuable understanding of our Lowcountry plantation culture.”
CLASS, a Pawleys Island press with 50 titles to date in its publishing division, also hosts the Moveable Feast, now in its 26th year of introducing local, regional and national authors in literary luncheons at area eateries. Ms. Fant will be featured at the Moveable Feast on May 10, at Austin’s Ocean One, with an hour-long presentation, followed by lunch and a book signing. Following the feast, the author will adjourn to My Sister’s Books to sign books for those unable to attend the literary luncheon. If you would like to schedule a presentation by the author, contact jjenniefant@aol.com. To purchase books retail, My Sister’s Books, 13057 Ocean Hwy, Pawleys Island, SC, 843.235.9618 or www.MySistersBooks.com. To order CLASS books wholesale or to register for the Moveable Feast, call 843.235.9600 or www.ClassAtPawleys.com.
Tuesday, Aug. 2 ~ Mary Perdue (Landaluce) at Caffe Piccolo ($35)
When Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew retired from racing in 1978 to stand at stud at Spendthrift Farm, no one could be certain he would be a successful sire. But just four years later, his dark bay daughter Landaluce won the Hollywood Lassie Stakes by twenty-one lengths—a margin of victory that remains the largest ever in any race by a two-year-old at Hollywood Park. California horse racing had a new superstar, and Slew was launched on a stud career that would make him one of the most influential sires in North America. Like her father, Landaluce soon became a national celebrity, and was poised to become the next American super-horse. But those dreams ended when the two-year-old died in her stall at Santa Anita four months later, the victim of a swift and mysterious illness. Today, with her “I Love Luce” bumper stickers long gone, the filly has been largely forgotten. In Landaluce: The Story of Seattle Slew’s First Champion, Mary Perdue tells the story of a horse whose short but meteoric career could have changed racing history forever. Sparking comparisons to Ruffian, Landaluce helped elevate California horse racing to the national stage and could have been the first filly to ever win the Triple Crown. In telling this story, Perdue explores the lives and careers of Landaluce’s breeders, owners, and trainer, D. Wayne Lukas, as well as her famous sire Seattle Slew—and shows not only how one filly captured the imagination of racing fans across the country but also set the stage for another filly turned super-horse, Zenyatta,
in the decades to come.
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Check it out on Amazon. Our newest publication featuring a few friends’ and family pets and 99 pages to fill in the blanks with your own pet’s info.
This journal can contain all of the details about your pet, its health and any medications, all appointments, grooming, food choices and much more.
You might want a single journal for each if you have several fur babies. Complete a page or two anytime the pet has an appointment or a health issue or change of interests.
If your pet has any specific health or care issues, you need a complete record of it all in one place. Note any comments or diagnoses at each visit to the vet or the groomer.
Remind yourself when local registration or medical appointments need to be scheduled. Keeping a record of associated costs can be useful if you need to budget for any major upcoming expenses.
The journal can be useful in case of emergency or if you should need assistance from a caregiver. Take it with you if you travel with your pet.
Don’t hesitate to make notes of your pet’s antics or tricks which catch your attention. You’ll be glad to have sweet memories to look back on another day.
Happy journaliing to sweet pet lovers!
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Have you ever begun reading a book to realize a few pages later than you already read it years ago? Do you remember if it’s worth re-reading or wish you had picked up something totally new?
Fiction or non-fiction readers sometimes keep a running list of book titles and/or authors. Sometimes that list is useful when shopping for more by a favorite author and for avoiding duplications.
Some readers write reviews to post online for benefitting the author and letting others know their thoughts about the books they read. Then some readers forget about a book as the last page turns.
Use this journal for keeping a list, also for recording a few thoughts about what you liked or disliked about each book. Use a page per book or more if you want.
Click any journal image to go directly to its Amazon page for ordering.
Meal planning can be easy and fun, whether you like to cook or not. Use this journal to plan for a day or a week or to jump ahead with holiday or special event ideas.
Keep it handy for trips to the store so you will have notes of exactly what is needed for the coming days. The better you can plan a few days, or even weeks, in advance, the more likely you can reduce the number of trips to the store.
This is also helpful for planning what to do with leftovers, whether you want to freeze them for next week or repurpose them for another day. You won’t put something in the freezer or back of the fridge and let it be forgotten if you already have a plan for it.
This journal will be a helpful tool for keeping health and medical information all in one place.
Seniors or anyone undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or other ongoing treatments will need to keep track of appointments, medications and changing conditions.
Pregnant women and new parents often experience daily physical or emotional changes and frequent medical appointments.
Anyone can benefit from recording daily health conditions and even emotions. The healing power of writing can be useful for someone who doesn’t want to talk to a professional or even a friend about feelings and health issues.
Use a page or two a day or whenever you think of a question or learn something new as well as when you can express your thoughts or describe your health issues.
You might be surprised at how much it helps you daily, and then again at the end of a year or the end of a treatment routine when you can look back at your changing conditions.
Your journal will also be useful if you should need a caregiver to assist you in keeping track of appointments or medications.
Use this journal first for your notes while planning a trip. It’s always helpful to have contacts and information in one place. Your advance research might reveal some sightseeing, shopping or dining which shouldn’t be missed.
Then use the journal during the trip itself to record a few details, memories or surprises. You will undoubtedly be shopping or eating at unexpected places or finding treats along the way. Saving a record of the good and the bad will help you when returning to the destination or when planning a different trip.
You might even meet people you want to remember, or you can start on ideas for the next trip.
Use a page for each trip or a page for each day, whatever works for you. It’s going to provide valuable information along with memories as you look back.
You can also use a section of this journal for your bucket list as you encounter ideas to be researched for your future travel.
