Find Your Next Favorite Read
Summer is the perfect time to curl up with a good book. Whether you’re cracking open a beach read while on vacation or reading a little bit each night, we have suggestions for your next favorite!
Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival by Alice Vincent
Does our interview with Gail King leave you inspired to cultivate your own garden and also learn more about other inspiring gardeners? Vincent’s book explores what inspires women to plant and nurture seeds while also shouldering a myriad of other responsibilities, with beautiful anecdotes from gardeners across the UK.
Paradise of the Damned: The True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El Dorado, the Legendary City of Gold by Keith Thomson
With a description like “The transporting account of an obsessive quest to find El Dorado, set against the backdrop of Elizabethan political intrigue and a competition with Spanish conquistadors for the legendary city’s treasure”, it’s hard to believe that this is a true story!
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Nature enthusiasts will enjoy these characters on their journey of love and connection, set in Southern Appalachia over the course of one humid summer.
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
Did you know that some doctors prescribe museum visits to address loneliness, dementia, and many other physical and mental health concerns? Your Brain on Art explores this new understanding about how the arts and aesthetics can help us transform traditional medicine and build healthier communities.
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum and Shanna Tan (Translator)
A smash-hit in Korea, this book follows a burned-out woman as she finds her new story after leaving her life behind and opening a bookshop, transforming it into an inviting space for lost souls to rest, heal, and remember that it’s never too late to scrap the plot and start again.
