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Women's Literature October 2025 |
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A few good reads for fall
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The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans
At 73, retired lawyer and devoted letter writer Sybil Van Antwerp navigates her daily life and reflects on her past, but when unexpected letters open old wounds, she must confront a painful chapter that reshapes her understanding of herself and her world.
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The Seamstress of New Orleans
by Diane C. McPhail
Young widow Constance, in 1900 New Orleans, and widowed and pregnant seamstress, Alice, who, in exchange for lodging, agrees to help her create a beautiful Mardi Gras gown, form an unlikely bond that reveals the truth surrounding her Constance's husband's mysterious death.
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The Academy
by Elin Hilderbrand
When a surprise national ranking thrusts underachieving Tiffin Academy into the spotlight, a viral gossip app begins exposing students' and staff's secrets, unraveling reputations and relationships as the boarding school's carefully curated image gives way to chaos, scandal and unexpected alliances.
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Heart the Lover
by Lily King
Decades after a tangled college love triangle shaped her life, a woman is forced to confront her old choices and hidden truths in this intimate novel of friendship and desire.
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My Name is Emilia del Valle
by Isabel Allende
In 1800s San Francisco, young writer Emilia, daughter of an Irish nun and a Chilean aristocrat, journeys to South America with talented reporter Eric to uncover the truth about her father—and herself.
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The Lies They Told
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
In 1930s Virginia, Lena Conti, a young immigrant mother separated from her family at Ellis Island, builds a new life in the Blue Ridge Mountains but must resist a brutal eugenics campaign that targets her community and threatens to take her daughter.
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The Most Fun We Ever Had
by Claire Lombardo
The four adult daughters of two Chicago parents who have been madly in love for decades recklessly ignite old rivalries, until a long-buried secret threatens to shatter the lives they built.
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The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree
by India Hayford
Wandering spirit Genevieve Charbonneau returns to her grandmother's Arkansas farmhouse, where a meeting with a haunted Vietnam vet rekindles lost family ties and sparks transformations in a struggling community, forcing her to confront her need for connection and freedom.
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The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Parisby Evie WoodsNestled among the cobblestone streets of Compiáegne is a bakery unlike any other. Just one bite of a croissant might bring luck, unlock a precious memory or reveal hidden longings. But dark clouds are looming on the horizon...
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Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
by Rhys Bowen
In Surrey, England, 1938, blindsided by her husband's divorce appeal, Ellie impulsively heads to the South of France with housekeeper Mavis and elderly friend Dora until their Bentley breaks down in Saint Benet, where Ellie is drawn to fisherman Nico—but war looms.
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Forsyth County Public Library
660 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101
336-703-2665forsythlibrary.org |
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