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Miracle in a Dry Season
Book 1 in the Appalachian Blessings series.
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In 1954 Perla Long arrives in Wise, West Virginia, with her young daughter and a past she hopes the town will never uncover. A severe drought soon threatens farms, wells and household supplies, and Perla’s unexplained ability to produce nourishing food makes concealment impossible. What begins as relief for hungry neighbours becomes a source of fear when gratitude gives way to gossip and religious suspicion.
Casewell Phillips is drawn to Perla but cannot ignore the secrets surrounding her. Their developing relationship is tested by the community’s division and by Perla’s belief that disclosure will cost her safety and respectability. The novel uses the drought to examine shame, forgiveness and the policing of women’s reputations within a close-knit mid-century Appalachian town, while retaining a restrained element of the miraculous.
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