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
the books she loves. 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 that 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. Perdita knows who Tansy should choose, but why would
anyone listen to the romantic advice of an old spinster?
My Thoughts:
This cover does incredible justice to this book. I like how it pulls the reader in and shows the vastness of the mountains and shows Tansy with the great big wilderness all around her. This was a story about a mountain people with strong characters living their lives during the Great Depression. These were not people who were getting rich or were rich and lost everything. No, these were a people who were fairly poor in material wealth but were still affected by what was happening in the country.
They may have been poor, but they were certainly rich in their strong opinions and their neighborliness. I enjoyed their mountain gruffness and their strength. Especially the women. Tansy is a book girl or the more official name, a packhorse librarian. She carries the books and stories these people need to them. While doing this she can also check up on them, especially old spinster Perdie Sweet.
I really enjoyed everything about this story. The atmosphere, the characters, the time and the place. There were a few love stories to also make this story enjoyable and the way the characters reacted with one another was just a little bit different then now a days. This was a great trip to the Appalachian Mountains.
I received a copy of this novel from the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review and all of my views and opinions are my own.
About the Author:
Ann H. Gabhart is the bestselling author of
several Shaker novels--The Refuge, The Outsider, The
Believer, The Seeker, The Blessed, and The
Gifted--as well as other historical novels, including Angel Sister, These
Healing Hills, River to Redemption, and An Appalachian Summer.
She and her husband live on a farm a mile from where she was born in rural
Kentucky. Ann enjoys discovering the everyday wonders of nature while hiking in
her farm's fields and woods with her grandchildren and her dogs, Frankie and
Marley. Learn more at www.annhgabhart.com.
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