In 1933 Louisville, Kentucky, even the ongoing economic depression
cannot keep Piper Danson's parents from insisting on a debut party.
After all, their fortune came through the market crash intact, and
they've picked out the perfect suitor for their daughter. Braxton
Crandall can give her the kind of life she's used to. The only problem?
This is not the man--or the life--she really wants.
When Piper
gets the opportunity to volunteer as a horseback Frontier Nursing
courier in the Appalachian Mountains for the summer, she jumps at the
chance to be something other than a dutiful daughter or a kept wife in a
loveless marriage. The work is taxing, the scenery jaw-droppingly
gorgeous, and the people she meets along the way open up a whole new
world to her. The longer she stays, the more an advantageous marriage
slips from her grasp. But something much more precious--true love--is
drawing ever closer.
Bestselling author Ann H. Gabhart invites
you into the storied hills of Eastern Kentucky to discover what happens
when one intrepid young woman steps away from the restrictive past into a
beautiful, wide-open future.
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About The Autor
Ann H. Gabhart grew up on a
farm in Kentucky. By the time she was ten she knew she wanted to be a
writer. She's published over twenty novels. She and her husband have
three children and nine grandchildren. She still lives on a farm not far
from where she grew up. She loves playing with her grandkids, walking
with her dog, reading and, of course, writing. Her Shaker books, set in
her fictional Shaker village of Harmony Hill in the 1800's, are popular
with readers. The Outsider was a Christian Fiction Book Award Finalist
in 2009. Her Heart of Hollyhill books are Small Town, America books set
in the 1960's. Angel Sister, a Rosey Corner book set during the Great
Depression, will be followed by Small Town Girl. Visit Ann's website http://annhgabhart.com or her two blogs, One Writer's Journal, www.annhgabhart.blogspot.com, and the Hollyhill Book of the Strange, www.hollyhillbookofthestrange.blogspo....
My Review
A look back at a difficult time in our history, people are still reeling
from the stock market crash that devastated the country. The author
gives us both the ones who were able to hold on to their wealth and
others who fell and lost everything including family members.
We are
given a young woman, Piper, her family has kept their fortune and she
has just had her debutant, a few years later than most, she has
graduated from college.
We also meet a young man, whose family were
not a fortunate and fighting back for survival. He also has graduated
from college and trying to find his way, knowing that above all he loves
Piper.
Now this is the second book set here in the Appalachian
Mountains, and we are again with the Frontier Nurses and catching
babies.
Come and get lost in these mountains, meet some delightful
children, they tell it like it is, and those that will give what little
they have.
We get to enjoy Piper as she embraces this very different life, and wonder what path she will further journey on!
I received this book through the Net Galley and the Publisher Revell, and was not required to give a positive review.
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