An Appalachian Summer by Ann H. Gabhart - A Book Review

   

I was so happy to revisit Mary Breckenridge's Wendover and the Frontier Nursing Service. This time we meet Piper Danson who volunteers to serve as a courier with the FNS for one very special summer. We once again get to experience the strong mountain people of Kentucky as Piper adapts to their ways. Piper's hopes for the summer were to do something different, something important, to experience life, but mostly to forget about men and her father's expectations. How surprised she was when not one, but two men follow her to the mountains of eastern Kentucky!

Ann H. Gabhart is a master storyteller. Her characters have depth and feel like real folks, like someone you might know. Gabhart draws you into the setting without lots of flowery words of description, something I really appreciate. I highly recommend An Appalachian Summer, and am grateful to have received a copy from Revell via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. I was under no obligation to provide a positive review, and received no monetary compensation.

A Distance Too Grand by Regina Scott - A Book Review

    

A fear of heights may keep me from personally experiencing the Grand Canyon, but experiencing it vicariously through the eyes and lens of Meg Pero as she served as photographer with the Army's survey team was amazing. Regina Scott is a master at giving her readers a mental snapshot just as the shutters close. I would not doubt that she is also a photographer with her attention to light and her ability to illuminate her descriptions of how it plays within a scene, and what it reveals to those who know its character.

A Distance Too Grand is a story of distinguishing between whose expectations we should live up to, and the realization that we live our lives for an audience of One. Scott allows readers to feel the freedom that comes with that realization.

I am grateful to have received a copy of this book from Revell via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. I was under no obligation to provide a positive review, and received no monetary compensation.