It Happens In A Book

Appalachian Summer by Ann H. Gabhart      In 1933 Louisville, Kentucky, even the ongoing economic depression cannot ke ep 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.    ...

The Key to Everything by Valerie Fraser Luesse    Peyton Cabot's fifteenth year will be a painful and transformative one. His father, the heroic but reluctant head of a moneyed Savannah family, has come home from WWII a troubled vet, drowning his demons in bourbon and distancing himself from his son. A tragic accident shows Peyton the depths of his parents' devotion to each other but interrupts his own budding romance with the girl of his dreams, Lisa Wallace.    Struggling to cope with a young life upended, Peyton makes a daring decision: He will retrace a journey his father took at fifteen, riding his bicycle all the way to Key West, Florida. Part declaration of independence, part search for self, Peyton's journey will bring him more than he ever could have imagined--namely, the key to his unknowable father, a reunion with Lisa, and a calling that will shape the rest of his life.    Through poignant prose and characters so real you'll be sure you k...

Stories That Bind Us by Susie Finkbeiner This is a beautifully written story of a family’s love and help through hard times. Betty never thought she would be a widowed at the age of 40. After the death of her husband Betty Sweet was trying to begin her life again with the help of her husband’s family. After not seeing her sister for several years her sister shows up at her door with a child in tow. Betty tries to help her sister, Clara, and Hugo through their hard times amid her own troubles. Betty finds herself taking on the care of her five-year-old nephew, Hugo. Betty wins Hugo’s trust with stories she shares with him. Some made up from places she has been, and some handed down from what her mother had told her as a young child. Betty and her deceased husband’s family work at helping Hugo with all the adjustments he needs to make. It is the story of the love of a family for each other and all the obstacles they need to overcome. I highly recommend the book. ~Grandma ...