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Join Susan Beckham Zurenda for an evening discussing and celebrating her latest novel <a href="https://ernestandhadleybooks.com/book/9798895655610" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">No Way Out But Through</a> on Tuesday, October 20th from 5:30 to 7:00 PM. Given the sensitive nature of this topic, <a href="https://www.tuscaloosasafecenter.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tuscaloosa SAFE Center</a> will be available to answer questions and provide life-saving information. <a href="https://ernestandhadleybooks.com/book/9798895655610" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Reserve your copy</a> today, and let us know in the order comments if you would like it signed.
Two women of different generations—one scarred by an abusive teen marriage and the other by an alcoholic husband—come together to grapple with their inner demons and confront their untold stories.

A searing and compassionate exploration set in present-day Pawleys Island, South Carolina, and 1990s rural Oklahoma, No Way Out but Through is inspired by the real life of an ordinary woman who survived extraordinary circumstances.
Susan Beckham Zurenda taught English for thirty-three years at the college level and at the high school level to AP students. She is the author of the Southern literary novel, Bells for Eli, which received several awards including first place for Best First Book—Fiction in the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Her novel The Girl from the Red Rose Motel was the recipient of the 2024 Patricia Winn Award in Southern Fiction and first place winner for Southeast Fiction in the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards, among others. Zurenda has won awards for her short fiction, including the South Carolina Fiction Prize, twice. The author lives in Spartanburg, SC. Learn more at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.susanzurenda.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.susanzurenda.com</a>.

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Join Susan Beckham Zurenda for an evening discussing and celebrating her latest novel No Way Out But Through on Tuesday,...

Susan B. Zurenda Book Signing feat. Tuscaloosa SAFE Center

Get an early start to Halloween weekend at Ernest &amp; Hadley Books! Join us on Thursday, October 29th as we figuratively explore some of the most historical and beautiful cemeteries throughout the state in <a href="https://ernestandhadleybooks.com/book/9781681066370?ic_referral=OyAi6IpumXDkuYeIiiIBshhETvF8PcgfwlsbRY9fJ84wM__lWeP4LD2EUZhf9bWrWyn7D7YqWSaR2q1XnAAKx5vDvsFsxiDCnCNZEMmz2LHGp9HzYwWpBFZ99TS8ffhba7bI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Historic Resting Places of Alabama</a> with author, Mollie Smith Waters, aka "That Cemetery Lady." <a href="https://ernestandhadleybooks.com/book/9781681066370" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Reserve your copy</a> today, and let us know if you want a signed copy in the order comments!
Alabama is full of old cemeteries, and while they are places to pay respect for the departed, they are also repositories of the beauty and history that capture the story of the state’s rich and diverse culture. Historic Resting Places of Alabama features cemeteries and graveyards throughout the state. Each Alabama county is represented with at least one cemetery that has something unique to teach its visitors. Historic Resting Places of Alabama explores different funerary symbols, unusual architecture, fascinating history, and moving stories about the final resting places of Alabama’s denizens.
Mollie Smith Waters is a college instructor at Lurleen B. Wallace Community College in Greenville, Alabama, where she teaches American literature, composition, public speaking, theater, and humanities. When she is not teaching, writing, or presenting, Waters works with animal rescue. She is the proud pet mom of six dogs. She also enjoys hiking, biking, archery, ultra racing, and yoga. Waters is married and has a son, daughter, and granddaughter.

Local Event: Grave Talk & Book Signing with Mollie Waters

Grave Talk & Book Signing with Mollie Waters

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Susan B. Zurenda Book Signing feat. Tuscaloosa SAFE Center

OCT

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5:30 PM

Ernest & Hadley Booksellers, 1928 7th St, Tuscaloosa, AL

Grave Talk & Book Signing with Mollie Waters

OCT

29

5:30 PM

Ernest & Hadley Booksellers, 1928 7th St, Tuscaloosa, AL