Why a librarian’s debut novel explores forgiving the unforgivable
by Ira Porter
Jul 05, 2023
4 minutes
Terah Shelton Harris spends her days reading books for a living. Since the Alabama-based librarian and travel writer is surrounded by the brilliant words of others, it only makes sense that she would eventually craft her own prose. Ms. Harris was featured in a debut authors panel at the Publishers Weekly U.S. Book Show in May, where she spoke about her novel, “One Summer in Savannah,” which was published July 4. It is a novel about love and loss, and it deals with the sensitive subject of sexual assault. Monitor staff writer Ira Porter sat down with Ms. Harris in New York for a brief chat.
If there is one sentence or paragraph that sums up the book, what would
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