Generations of locals have layered their wisdom into the book, first published in 1949 by The Garden Club of Charleston
  
  
          
  
           
                                      
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A roundup of releases by local authors, perfect for the beach or your favorite book nook 
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Coker wrote nine books, some of which were considered groundbreaking at the time
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Learn how the author went from writing her memoir to historical fiction
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Author Jason Ryan spent two years unearthing truths about the now infamous family
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Brown was one of two Black students to integrate Rivers High School in 1963
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Fields-Black and photographer J. Henry Fair are collaborating on an immersive exhibit for the Gibbes Museum of Art in...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The Charleston-based best-selling author delivers her third thriller, “Only If You're Lucky”
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          McGill cowrote the book, which is being published June 6, with journalist Herb Frazier
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Get a signed copy March 21 at The Sweetgrass Inn or April 12 at the Charleston Library Society
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The plot is based on recent international headlines
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The Real Rainbow Row is out this month
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          And find out which books you need to read before they become television shows or movies
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Read Stephanie Hunt’s review
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          See how Green's work has evolved over the past 25 years
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Attorney and author Robert Rosen stresses the city’s contradictions
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          With In Polite Company, she joins the coterie of local women novelists writing beach-worthy reads
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          It’s part comprehensive reference guide and part coffee-table book
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The Summer of Lost and Found revists the Rutledge family during a pandemic
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Fellow writers Mary Alice Monroe, Patti Callahan, and Marjory Wentwoth contributed
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Best-selling author Kwame Mbalia headlines
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Root Magic debuts this month
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A graphic design ode to imagination
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          She asked 21 writers to share how they define their sense of place
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Local Author Signe Pike resureects Languoreth in her Lost Queen trilogy
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Spend the season getting lost in these new or soon-to-be-released titles
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Teddy Spaghetti was inspired by Dottie's grandson
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          "Sword of Kings" is latest installment in journey of Lord Uhtred
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The managing partner of Indigo Road lays it all on the table with his forthright memoir