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March 2023 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.

Book of the Week for February 27, 2023

The Story Of My Father by Sue Miller

A daughter tends to her parent when he contracts Alzheimer’s disease.

Book of the Week for February 20, 2023

Sophie’s Choice by William Styron

An unlikely romance between a Southern writer, and a Polish woman who holds a horrifying secret.

Book of the Week for February 13, 2023

A World Of Light PORTRAITS AND CELEBRATIONS
by May Sarton

A potpourri of people who influenced the writer’s work — and life.

February 2023 Newsletter

Friendship, Feminism, Fortitude, and France.

Book of the Week for February 01, 2023

The Immigrants by Howard Fast

A 1906 San Francisco earthquake catapults a roughneck into a wealthy shipping magnate; book one of six.

Movie of the Month for February 2023

Pete ‘n’ Tillie

A middle-aged couple, hesitant about marrying, tolerates instability and tragedy.

Pelé

Against the backdrop of a turbulent era in Brazil, this documentary captures Pelé’s extraordinary path from breakthrough talent to national...

Book of the Week for February 01, 2023

February 2023 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.

Book of the Week for January 27, 2023

A Stranger In Two Worlds by Jean Harris

Dr. Herman Tarnower, of “Scarsdale Diet” fame, is murdered by his long-time mercurial companion.

Book of the Week for January 22, 2023

The Way I Was by Marvin Hamlisch and Gerald Gardner

How the composer-son of Viennese immigrants won three Oscars and a Pulitzer by the time he was thirty-one.

Book of the Week for January 16, 2023

Back To The Prairie A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered
by Melissa Gilbert

The Hollywood actress and her husband purchase a run-down cottage in the Catskills.