The 2019 Holiday Reading List Looking for recommended holiday reading, or the perfect gift for friends and family? Founder & President of Kansas City’s Rainy Day Books Vivien Jennings, Rhodes, shares her recommended holiday reading list below. Princess of the Hither Isles: A Black Suffragist's Story from the Jim Crow South by Adele Logan Alexander
Radical Kindness: The Life-Changing Power of Giving and Receiving by Angela Santomero *An absolutely amazing book. Read it yourself and give it to all your friends and family.
Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
A Guest of the Reich: The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre's Dramatic Captivity and Escape from Nazi Germany by Peter Finn
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire by Francesca Cartier Brickell
The Accomplice by Joseph Kanon
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier: 112 Fantastic Favorites for Everyday Eating by Ree Drummond
Paperback stocking stuffers:
Call Upon the Water by Stella Tillyard
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Anne Fowler
Entertaining at Home: Inspirations from Celebrated Hosts by Carman Ronda
House of Gold by Natasha Solomons
The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg
The Bucket List by Georgia Clark
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan
French Refreshed By Betty Lou Phillips, Syracuse Despite the grandeur in which Louis XIV and his descendants Louis XV and Louis XVI lived in the magnificent Chateau de Versailles, extravagance rarely suggests elegance these days. Befitting spaces less assumedly scaled than the vast palace, alluring, of-themoment interiors exude a more discreet cachet. Clean, not stuffy, reflects our culture and the times.
REFRESHED
BETTY LOU PHILLIPS
Betty Lou Phillips shares the inspiration behind her book: “Forever viewed as the epitome of sophistication, "French Refreshed" is Betty French décor has entered a new era of chic. Turning Lou Phillips 14th design down the volume on over-scaled antiques, heavy drap- book and 30th book. eries, and family heirlooms, the French have turned up the sleek, seductive profiles of home furnishings. Likewise, on this side of the Atlantic those with cosmopolitan tastes are happily adapting their formal style to a lighter, clean-lined look while keeping the legacy of fine craftsmanship flourishing. I wanted to produce
www.tridelta.org
a book that illustrates the fresh design direction that 21st-century American life demands as glamour and comfort are fused with upscale sensibilities.” Betty Lou is the author of 14 books on French and Italian design, including the award-winning Villa Décor. A professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers, her work has been featured in countless magazines and newspapers. Additionally she has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She was initiated into Tri Delta’s Omicron Chapter at Syracuse. “Tri Delta was a pivotal vehicle in my life, prompting me to emerge from an over-parented teen to a confident, creative individual. Style, professionalism, appreciation for beauty, quality—and life itself all became mainstays of my dual career in interior design and creative writing. The journey has been joyous and fulfilling, but I am not yet through. There are more homes to design. More books to write. Indeed, I credit—and thank—Tri Delta for setting me on a lifelong course.”
Fall 2019 The Trident 57
