Captivating Southern Journeys: Coming Attractions

By Maryann Yin 

New books can chase away the Monday blues. Here are a selection of titles from our Coming Attractions section.

Southern Discomfort by LaTonya Jones: “The story of a New Orleans schoolteacher and a jazz musician who struggle to rebuild their neighborhood and their lives in the months immediately following Hurricane Katrina.” (August 31st)

My Orange Duffel Bag: A Journey to Radical Change by Sam Bracken & Echo Garrett: “The book is the graphic mini-memoir of Sam Bracken, who grew up surrounded by mobsters and motorcycle gang members in Las Vegas. Homeless by age 15, he kept that secret from his high school. When he won a football scholarship to GA Tech, everything he owned fit in an orange duffel bag.” (September 30th)

Captive by Megan Lisa Jones: “It is a thriller about an Islamic terrorist and his interrogator. Thrown in is a young wanna be suicide bomber and a plot to detonate bombs across the USA.” (October 12th)

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