Kay Salter: 13 books

From the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author James Salter and his wife, Kay—amateur chefs and perfect hosts—here is a charming, beautifully illustrated tour de table: a food lover's companion that, with an entry for each day of the year, takes us from a Twelfth Night cake in January to a champagne...

Sarah Bowers, now a young lady of seventeen, is anxious to have her portrait done by her dear friend Leland Davis. However, Sarah is shocked and dismayed to find Leland's idea of a location is a windswept beach. Barefoot, with carefully-curled hair in disarray, the girl with enormous gray eyes stares...

Roaming free along the barrier islands of coastal North Carolina live wild horses known as Outer Banks ponies. They can be seen grazing on marsh grass along the shore by residents of Beaufort who are proud and protective toward their neighbors across Taylors Creek. Summer visitors come to watch...

Sarah fancies her Uncle Herb lonely and in need of a wife. With the aid of her friend Nancy and her Granny Jewel, the trio sets out to find the perfect young woman. Sarah soon realizes it is not quite as simple as searching for an item at Upton's Department Store. Sarah and Joshua witness an airplane...

Sarah Bowers and her family return to Beaufort in the summer of 1945. Papa Tom takes his grandchildren to the health department for a vaccination, which will prevent typhoid fever. The grandfather's bravery disappears when he learns it is time for him to vaccinated...too. Sarah helps old Miss Nettie...

Meet Sarah. The protagonist of the Sarah Bowers series was fashioned after my granddaughter, Sarah Rude. Sarah grew up in Beaufort, where her life revolved around family, church, and friends, with emphasis on faith in God and traditional family values. Sarah graduated from Berklee College...

So begins the search for a suitable bride Sarah fancies her Uncle Herb lonely and in need of a wife. With the aid of Granny Jewel and her friend Nancy, they set about to find the perfect young woman. Sarah soon realizes it is not quite as simple as searching for an item at Uptons Department Store....

Barefoot in Beaufort is a trilogy containing the first three books in the Sarah Bowers series. The books are for young ladies ages eight to eighty. Girls today should find the books interesting and insightful as they learn that over half a century ago their grandmothers were taught values much like...

Secrets, surprises and disappointments all crowd the pages of Eighteenth Summer. Sarahs dear friend, Nancy, must pick up the pieces of a shattered dream and go on with her life. With advice from Sarah she is able to do so. Cousin Marnie must spend the summer tucked away in her...

Coming of Age in a time of war. The year is 1944 and everyones life is deeply affected by the global conflict of World War II. Sarah Bowers finds herself spending her twelfth summer in the tiny town of Beaufort on the North Carolina coast. She is disappointed to be leaving her friends in the city...

More fun and adventure on the Carolina Coast. Sarah Bowers and her family return to Beaufort in the summer of 1945. Papa Tom takes his grandchildren to the health department for a vaccination which will prevent typhoid fever. The grandfathers bravery disappears when he learns it is time for him to...

Sarah Bowers and her family return to Beaufort during Sarahs sixteenth summer. She is looking forward to dates with a young fellow she met briefly the summer before. Evenings together and sailing aboard the Willa with Bruce McCoy add to her happy days of summer fun. All is well until a visitor from...

The year is 1944 and everyone's life is deeply affected by the global conflict of World War II. Sarah Bowers finds herself spending her twelfth summer in the tiny town of Beaufort on the North Carolina coast. She is disappointed to be leaving her friends behind in her native city of Raleigh, and assumes...