Beth’s Books - July

Each month, Beth Withers, one of our library volunteers, shares the newest books that have been added to our church library this past month. For more information on our library click here.

• CHILDREN’S BIOGRAPHY

  • She’s Got This by Laurie Hernandez
    “In this heartwarming and inspirational story, Olympian Laurie Hernandez shares the most important lesson she learned on her way to Olympic glory:  what matters isn’t how often you fall but how often you get back up”.

• JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY

  • Touch the Sky:  Alice Coachman. Olympic High Jumper by Ann Malaspina
    A wonderful story of the first African-American woman to win Olympic Gold.

• ADULT FICTION

  • The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
    The New York Times bestselling author weaves a captivating tale about Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore who when she dies is not only North Carolina’s richest woman but also the most notorious.  Ten years after her death, questions about her four husbands who died under mysterious circumstances and her adopted son, Cam, come to light.  According to The New York Times Book Review this is “a high-octane thriller”.

• ADULT NON-FICTION

  • Life Undercover:  Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox
    The author’s memoir tells the story of her training and deployment in the CIA and her eight years hunting the world’s most dangerous terrorists in 16 countries.  Life Undercover is astonishing, exhilarating and impossible to put down - an extraordinary record of a life of passion and almost unfathomable courage.  A must read memoir donated by Joyce Cotton.