We asked these participants at the Sept. 17-19 retreat of the Holston Conference Secretaries Association, "What book is lying on your nightstand?"

Cindy Adorante
Holston Home for Children
Morristown District
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, by Barack Obama

Marian Bailey
Centenary UMC
Johnson City District
The Shack, by William P. Young


Susan Hall
First Pulaski UMC
Wytheville District
The Wednesday Letters, by Jason F. Wright


Mary Lane McGinnis
St. Mark UMC
Knoxville District
Summer, by Karen Kingsbury

Rhonda Stearley
First Sevierville UMC
Maryville District
A Light in the Window (The Mitford Years), by Jan Karon