Book Review - Along a Storied Trail

In the mountains of Kentucky, families work together to make sure there's food on the table. Especially during the Great Depression. For Tansy Calhoun it means taking a job she loves as a packhorse librarian, but it also means her daddy has left home to try to find work. For neighbor Caleb Barton it means working for the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee for a spell. For dapper New York writer Damien Felding it means highlighting places like Booneville, Kentucky, for the Federal Writers' Project. What nobody is looking for is a love triangle around Tansy, who doesn't have time or need for a man until Damien breezes into town with an air of adventure swirling around him and Caleb returns home to find the girl he always loved never did marry up and move away.

In Along a Storied Trail, Ann H. Gabhart brings us into the lives of these hardworking mountain families who teach us what family really means. Tansy's family relies on her income and waits with hope, and no small amount of trepidation, for word of her daddy's welfare. Caleb's family is reeling from the accidental death of his brother and looking to Caleb for solutions he can't provide while he tries his best to care for his kin. Aunt Perdie doesn't need anybody and is resolved to sit in her cold cabin and drift away to glory when her last few potatoes have been eaten. And Coralee, with a babe on the way, has had to seek refuge with Aunt Perdie. With these complex and lovable characters, Gabhart eloquently shows us that sometimes family is born to you and sometimes family is born of need.

Along a Storied Trail by Ann H. Gabhart is available now from your favorite local bookseller or online:

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Thank you to the author and publisher for allowing me a copy to read and review. All opinions expressed here are my own and are completely genuine.