Book of the Week: FLOWERING JUDAS by Katherine Anne Porter
Revolutionary Mexico at the beginning of the 20th century from the viewpoint of its citizens, and American expatriates.
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Book of the Week: THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
Nightlife in Europe; bullfights in Spain, and disillusionment after the conclusion of World War I.
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A Patriotic Pick: October 2020
“This Infernal War” The Civil War Letters of William and Jane Standard
Edited by Timothy Mason RobertsWhether it’s via their tone, topic, or tenor, certain works just say “America.” Here is one such title, suggested by Grateful American Book Prize judge Dr. Peter S. Carmichael, the Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College: “This Infernal War” The Civil War Letters of William and Jane Standard – Edited by Timothy Mason Roberts
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Book of the Week: GO SET A WATCHMAN
by Harper LeeThe original version of “To Kill a Mockingbird” before the intervention of the author’s editor.
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Movie of the Month: Annie Hall
A comedian reveals his mercurial relationship with a nightclub singer in partial soliloquies to the movie’s audience; Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, and Carol Kane star.
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October 2020 Book Recommendations
A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.
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Book of the Week: MAMA’S BANK ACCOUNT by Kathryn Forbes
The 1930s adventures of an immigrant Norwegian family in San Francisco that inspired the play, I Remember Mama.
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Book of the Week: THE STONE DIARIES by Carol Shields
A “conventional” wife and mother catapults into a successful garden columnist; winner of the 1995 Pulitzer Prize.
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Book of the Week: THE OTHER SIDE OF ME: A MEMOIR by Sidney Sheldon
Depression, near-suicide, and success; Sinatra, Berlin, Monroe; The Patty Duke Show, I Dream of Jeannie, and a late-in-life writing career that generated book sales of more than 350 million worldwide.
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A Patriotic Pick: September 2020
“Washington: A Life” by Ron ChernowWhether it’s via their tone, topic, or tenor, certain works just say “America.” Here is one such title, suggested by Grateful American Book Prize judge Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society: “Washington: A Life” by Ron Chernow
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Book of the Week: EPILOGUE: A MEMOIR by Anne Roiphe
Acclimating to widowhood and dating; lunches and coffees; and inexpungable loneliness; by the author of Up the Sandbox.
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Movie of the Month: Singin’ in the Rain
A popular film star is matched with a conniving leading lady he doesn’t like, but she believes they’re in love; Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds co-star in her movie debut.