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Book Notes

Michael recommends:

• The North Water by Ian McGuire, winner of the Royal Society of Literature Encore Award (2017)
• The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock, winner of the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (2012), the Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing (2012), and the Prix Mystère de la critique (2013)

Melissa recommends:

• Days Without End by Sebastian Barry, winner of the Costa Award for the Novel and Book of the Year (2017)
• Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, winner of the Newbery Medal (2018), National Book Award Nominee for Young People’s Literature (2017), Odyssey Award Nominee (2018), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2017), Edgar Award for Best Young Adult (2018)

Carrie recommends:

• The Salt Path by Raynor Winn, winner of The Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize (2018)
• Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, a New York Times Notable Book (2019) and a LibraryReads favorite (2019)

Bite Notes

• As you follow along with the trials and tribulations of the crew of the Volunteer, enjoy this cod dish from Emeril Lagasse’s Essential Emeril: Favorite Recipes and Hard-won Wisdom from My Life in the Kitchen.
• Travel to Appalachia with this recipe for slow cooked roasted pork shoulder from Ronni Lundy’s Victuals: An Appalachian Journey with Recipes.
• Pair Days Without End with a fine Irish whiskey, like Slane Whiskey, which is made in County Meath and available locally at Total Wine and Kroger.
• You may not be able to replicate the perfect, lightly salted blackberry that the Winns taste along the South West Coast Path, but you can bake Salted Dark Chocolate Vegan Blackberry Brownies.
• After reading Red at the Bone, feed your body and soul with the Vegetarian Red Beans and Rice from The Fresh & Healthy Instant Pot Cookbook.