The One Book One Putnam Organizing Committee has selected Laura Lee Smith's Heart of Palm for the 2016 county-wide read. The book has won several awards including 2013 Florida Book Awards Silver Medalist. Notable praise for the book includes: "An incandescent first novel set in the small town of Utina, Florida, whose inhabitants struggle to balance tradition and progress." - Abbe Wright of O Magazine.
Heart of Palm is an indelible portrait of a town and one dysfunctional, unforgettable family choosing between the enfolding familiarity of what it knows, and the promise of new.
Heart of Palm is an indelible portrait of a town and one dysfunctional, unforgettable family choosing between the enfolding familiarity of what it knows, and the promise of new.