The Whispering of the Willows (First in an Appalachian Historic Drama Book 1)

Description

A 1920s’ saga of Emerald Ashby coming of age.

Set against the superstitions and old time religion in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, author Tonya Jewel Blessing tells a difficult yet redemptive story of a blossoming young woman who is accompanied by her friends and her foes on a journey toward hope and healing. Love weaves through gut-wrenching circumstances and dismal poverty where Emerald Ashby grows strong despite grievous wrongs committed against her. In this desperate historical setting, mysterious disappearances lead to traps set for the innocent.

Young Emie isn’t desperate for a man, but she is surrounded by a variety of them in the Appalachian holler of Big Creek. How does a young girl find her way and grow strong when life begins to spin out of control?