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Women's Literature Summer 2025 |
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Atmosphereby Taylor Jenkins ReidIn 1980, professor Joan begins training for the Space Shuttle in Houston with Top Gun pilot Hank, scientist John, mission specialist Lydia, warm-hearted Donna, and aeronautical engineer Vanessa, who become unlikely friends—until December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, when everything changes in an instant.
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One Golden Summerby Carley Fortune Good things happen at the lake. That’s what Alice’s grandmother says, and it’s true. Alice spent just one summer there at a cottage with Nan when she was seventeen—it’s where she took that photo, the one of three grinning teenagers in a yellow speedboat, the image that changed her life.
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So Far Gone
by Jess Walter
A provocative adventure through life in modern America, about a reclusive journalist forced back into the world to rescue his kidnapped grandchildren.
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Happy Landby Dolen Perkins-ValdezWhen Nikki visits her estranged grandmother in North Carolina, she uncovers a hidden legacy tied to a forgotten kingdom of freed people, unraveling her family's secrets and her own identity while fighting to protect their endangered heritage.
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The Love Haters
by Katherine Center
Video producer Katie Vaughn heads to Key West to profile Coast Guard rescue swimmer Tom “Hutch” Hutcheson, but between his family drama, her escalating lies, and their growing attraction, she must confront her fears and find courage in paradise.
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Story Of My Life
by Lucy Score
A disillusioned romcom author moves to a quirky small lake town, hoping to reignite her belief in love by renovating a house and joining the town council, only to find unexpected inspiration and connection in the community's own quest for a fresh start.
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My Train Leaves at Threeby Natalie GuerreroWhen a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to audition for Manny Santos, the most charismatic director of the moment, falls into Xiomara's lap, it seems like a second chance to pursue the dream she thought she'd left behind. Meanwhile, something about Santi, a new coworker at the print shop where she spends half of her days photocopying other performers' headshots, starts to tug at the threads of her apathy. Soon Xiomara finds herself interacting with the ugliest sides of the industry and the powerful men that control it.
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My Friends
by Fredrik Backman
Four teenagers' friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life 25 years later.
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Summer Island
by Kristin Hannah
Struggling comedienne Ruby Bridge confronts the legacy of her famous mother's abandonment as a scandalous secret from the past of Nora Bridge, now a famed radio talk-show host and syndicated columnist known for her moral advice, draws the two women together in a reunion that transforms both their lives. This is one you might have missed! Published in 2004.
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Beach House Rules
by Kristy Woodson Harvey
A mother-daughter duo learn to lean on their community of women—and each other—after their world is turned upside down.
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Beach Vibes
by Susan Mallery
Beth's idyllic life running her Malibu beach shop unravels when she discovers her brother's infidelity and must make a moral decision threatening her newfound happiness and forcing her to choose between love and loyalty.
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Fever Beachby Carl HiaasenA dim-witted Proud Boys reject becomes entangled in a bizarre web of corruption and intrigue involving a hitchhiker, a con artist, an eccentric millionaire and a power-hungry politician in the new novel by the best-selling author of Bad Monkey.
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Forsyth County Public Library
660 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101
336-703-2665forsythlibrary.org |
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