"Along a Storied Trail"--by Ann H. Gabhart--saddle up for a heartfelt story of love--love of family, love of place, and the love of a lifetime--set in a Kentucky Appalachian mountain community during the Great Depression (see my review)

  

Along a Storied Trail

Kentucky packhorse librarian Tansy Calhoun doesn't mind the rough trails and long hours as she serves her Appalachian mountain community during the Great Depression. Yet she longs to find love like the heroines in her books. When a charming writer comes to town, she thinks she might have found it--or is the perfect man actually closer than she thinks?

Perdita Sweet has called these mountains home for so long she's nearly as rocky as the soil around her small cabin. Long ago she thought she could love, but when the object of her affection up and married someone else, she stopped giving too much of herself away to others.

As is so often the case, it's easier to see what's best for others than to see what's best for oneself, and Perdita knows who Tansy should choose. But why would anyone listen to the romantic advice of an old spinster?

Saddle up for a heartfelt story of love--love of family, love of place, and the love of a lifetime--from bestselling author Ann H. Gabhart.

"Along a Storied Trail might be Gabhart's best book yet."--Suzanne Woods Fisher, author of The Moonlight School

"Fabulous! This beautifully written book brings a little-known part of American history to life with characters so real they linger long after the last page is turned."–Amanda Cabot, bestselling author of Dreams Rekindled

 

"A story of resilience that we so deeply need in our times."– Susie Finkbeiner, author of The Nature of Small Birds and Stories That Bind

MY REVIEW: Wonderful storyteller Ann H. Gabhart brings to vivid life the Kentucky mountains of Appalachia during the Great Depression in "Along a Storied Trail". Tansy Calhoun had always loved to read, even if she did have to do it in secret. He father didn't approve of her books. Once he left the family home to find work outside the area, Tansy found a job of her own. Through a government work program, she became a "packhorse librarian", getting paid for sharing her love of books and reading with children and folks who would have no other access to books. At times, the weather made the treks through the woods and creeks, over the rough and rocky ground, and up and down the steep hills almost unmanageable, but determined Tansy forged on. At age twenty, Tansy was unattached--she had yet to find someone like the heroes in the romance books she read. When a writer comes to the area to create a perspective of the county for the government, Tansy is given the task of being his guide. Will the newcomer steal her heart, or will Tansy finally see the local man who has always loved her? Changing times, families facing hardship, and a devastating natural disaster will leave no one untouched. However, the mountains remain steadfast, and I dearly love my own Virginia mountains, which give me peace and remind me of my faith. "Along a Storied Trail" is beautifully written, with captivating characters and a genuine sense of time and place. I have read a number of works by Ann H. Gabhart, and I highly recommend her superlative storytelling.

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Ann H. Gabhart

 

Ann H. Gabhart grew up on a farm in Kentucky. At the age of ten, she started dreaming of writing stories others would want to read. That dream has come true as she's published over thirty-five novels. She and her husband have three children married to three beautiful in-law children who have gifted her nine grandchildren. She still lives on a farm not far from where she grew up. She loves playing with her grandkids, walking with her dogs, 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, was a best-seller and was followed up by two more stories about the Merritt sisters. She keeps her stories in Kentucky and has enjoyed going to the Kentucky Appalachian Mountains for some stories including These Healing Hills and Along a Storied Trail. And if you like mysteries, you can try her Hidden Springs Mysteries published under the author name, A.H. Gabhart. Visit Ann's website http://annhgabhart.com to find out more. There you can sign up for her newsletter where she does giveaways several times a year.