The Moveable Feast features literary luncheons with exciting authors at area restaurants on Fridays, 11 am-1 pm, $25 each (some exceptions). Your participation includes 10% off the purchase price of the featured book. Each Feast is followed by a signing at Litchfield Books from 2-4 pm. Email or call 843-235-9600 for more information. Click here to register online!
Friday 05/16/2008 at 11:00 AM
Nicole Seitz
(Trouble the Water) at Pawleys Plantation
A lowcountry tale about hope, healing, and the mysterious powers of sisterhood. Set in the South Carolina Sea Islands, Seitz's second novel once again delves into the mysteries surrounding life and death, following the stories of a capricious widow and two middle-aged sisters. Narrated in three distinct voices, "Trouble the Water" is at once heart-wrenching and humorous, giving glimpses of island life and the unique Gullah/Geechee culture.
$25
Friday 05/23/2008 at 11:00 AM
Janna McMahan
(Calling Home) at Louis's at Pawleys
From an extraordinary new voice in fiction comes a haunting, heartbreaking first novel about mothers and daughters, choice and regret, and the dreams, passions, and troubles of one small southern town.
$25
Friday 05/30/2008 at 11:00 AM
Angela Mack
(Landscape of Slavery) at Austin's at Pawleys
Subtitled "The Plantation in American Art," bridges art history and social history. Curator Mack undertakes an original study of plantation images from the eighteenth century through the present to unravel the realities and mythology inherent in this complex and often provocative subject.
$15
Friday 06/06/2008 at 11:00 AM
Patti Callahan Henry
(The Art of Keeping Secrets) at Inlet Affairs
Date and venue change.
$25
Friday 06/13/2008 at 11:00 AM
Cokie Roberts - FULL
(Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation) at DeBordieu Clubhouse
In "Founding Mothers," Cokie Roberts paid homage to the women who helped establish our nation. Now she continues the story of more remarkable women and their achievements in moving the fledgling nation forward, from the election of John Adams in 1796 to the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828.
$25
Friday 06/20/2008 at 11:00 AM
Rose Rock
(Mama Rock's Rules) at Pawleys Plantation
Ten Lessons for Raising Ten, or Less, Successful Children
$25
Friday 06/27/2008 at 11:00 AM
Billie Letts
(Made in the USA)
The bestselling author of Where the Heart Is (Walker Percy Award-winner and successful movie) returns with the tale of 15-yr-old Lutie McFee and her 12-yr-old brother Fate, abandoned by her widowed father to the care of his 300-pound ex-girlfriend in Spearfish, South Dakota. Lutie’s brief history has taught her to avoid attachments...to people, to places, and to almost everything. Alternately heartbreaking and life-affirming story of two gutsy children who must discover how cruel, unfair and frightening the world is before they come to a place they can finally call home.
$25
Thursday 07/03/2008 at 11:00 AM
Mary Alice Monroe
(Time is a River) at Inlet Affairs
Please note: This is a date change and a THURSDAY! This is the story of Mia Landan, a woman recovering from breast cancer in a mountain cabin near Asheville, North Carolina. She discovers the journal of a sensational fly fisher of the 1920s, one that holds secrets that span generations and holds the power to change her life.
$25
Friday 07/11/2008 at 11:00 AM
Maryann McFadden
(The Richest Season)
$25
Friday 07/18/2008 at 11:00 AM
Amanda Lamb
(Deadly Dose) at Carefree Catering
$25
Friday 08/01/2008 at 11:00 AM
Charles Martin
(Where the River Ends) at Pawleys Plantation
$25
Friday 08/08/2008 at 11:00 AM
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings
(Making Government Work: Lessons from a Life in Politics) at DeBordieu Clubhouse
$25