Wednesday 07/01/2026 at 11:00 AM
Flo Phillips & Janice Coward
(Foxes on Front) at Litchfield Country Club
Following the ribbon cutting of the sculptural foxes placed with reverent thoughtfulness along Georgetown's Front Street, Sestercentennial Committee Co-chair Flo Phillips launches her creative interpretation of "Foxes on Front," with award-winning illustrator Janice Coward. The recounting of significant regional contributors to the colonies' fight for independence is graphically depicted through whimsical foxes in revolutionary garb leading a treasure hunt through Georgetown. Fun and informative, the book introduces the very young, those growing up, and the young-at-heart to local history that made a national impact.
$40

Tuesday 08/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
Elizabeth Hatcher True
(The Cost of Being True) at Caffe Piccolo
Respect tradition. Protect the family name. And when necessary, distort reality. 1965 Columbia, South Carolina. For generations,the True family has lived by these unspoken rules…until sixteen-year-old Lydia arrives at her aunt Cecyl and grandmother Annie’s home with an innocent high school assignment: interview your oldest relative. Prompted by sharp-tongued Cecyl, the family’s black sheep, a decades-long saga unfolds. As Lydia pieces together her family’s hidden past, she confronts the crippling truths of class, connections, and cultural codes that dictate sexual, racial, and economic injustice. The buried breaches of social transgressions – elopement, mental illness, divorce, hidden parentage, false accusations, financial ruin, legal failures, and sexual misconduct – emerge, revealing a generation shaped by shame and silence. Spanning Columbia’s historic neighborhoods and the dream world of Beverly Hills-Hollywood, and set against the upheavals of World War I, the Great Depression, and Prohibition, the intertwined lives of Annie, Thurston, Cecyl, Leland, Justin, T.W., and Lydia illuminate the fragile line between truth and survival in one Southern family. Drawing on firsthand knowledge of the True family’s history, the author brings these hidden stories into the light – to end the shame, to forgive the transgressors, and to understand the ties that bound them.
$40

Tuesday 08/11/2026 at 11:00 AM
Jacqueline Friedland
(Breathing Under Water) at Litchfield Country Club
A page-turning, big-hearted story about messy families, impossible choices, and human connection that sneaks up on you when you least expect it. Berry thought she had it figured out—juggling her vice-principal role while raising her sixteen-year-old autistic son, Leo. But when a promotion opportunity collides with her family's deepest needs, she must confront whether she's been fighting the wrong battles all along. McKenna is drowning. Between caring for her grandmother with dementia, losing her swimming scholarship, and facing homelessness, the college student's carefully constructed world is crumbling. Her only lifeline? Teaching swim lessons to children with autism—including Leo. As these two women's paths converge in the most unexpected way, they discover that sometimes the people who need saving the most are the ones who end up saving you. A deeply moving exploration of motherhood, sacrifice, and the extraordinary connections that emerge when we're brave enough to let others see our struggles. Jacqueline Friedland graduated Magna Cum Laude from both the University of Pennsylvania and NYU Law School. After practicing commercial litigation in NY and determining that office life did not suit her, Jackie began teaching Legal Writing and Lawyering Skills at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in Manhattan and working on her first book in her limited spare time. Finally deciding to embrace her passion and pursue writing full time, she returned to school to earn her Masters of Fine Arts from Sarah Lawrence College, graduating from the program in 2016.
$40

Tuesday 08/18/2026 at 11:00 AM
Lynn Bush Genda
(My Name is John, John Cooke) at Wahoo's Fish House, Murrells Inlet
Gathering the threads of research by her grandmother and a cousin decades before, Lynn Bush Genda has completed her genealogical link to a Mayflower passenger and created a charming benchside interview between a fictional 1690s gentleman in Dartmouth and her famous ancestor, John Cooke. Follow the compelling journey from Amsterdam to the new world, with well researched responses to the questions we all have about the historic passage, its causes and consequences, the first winter, the relationship with native Americans, religious and governmental practices, and daily life. A satisfying conversation for all ages. After several years owning and managing a college bookstore, Titles and Texts in Gurnee, IL, Lynn and her husband retired to Murrells Inlet, SC. She worked as an employee in the gift shop at Brookgreen Gardens for 13 years and now volunteers for the Gardens. Since retiring, Lynn has had time to pursue her genealogical interests.
$40