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Beneath A Thousand Apple Trees
By Janie DeVos
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Genre: Historical Fiction
Length: 228 Pages
ISBN: 9781601836816
ASIN: B0190HGX8G
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About the book:
As the 20th century dawns,
the world is transformed in dizzying ways. But nestled in North Carolina’s Blue
Ridge Mountains is a place, and a family, out of time—where one young girl will
grow to face the challenges of each generation before her—and discover whether
she has the strength to overcome them…
The eldest surviving daughter
of Anna Guinn, Rachel rarely ventures far from her home in the Appalachians,
aside from an occasional trip into town to trade a penny for a peppermint
stick. Sometimes she yearns for more, but as much as she fears her mother’s
unstable mind, she is anchored by the strength of her grandmother, Willa. Freed
from an abusive marriage, Willa holds the family together through hardship, all
the while fulfilling her role as keeper of her neighbors’ carefully guarded
secrets—the most painful of which may be her own.
In this isolated, eccentric
world where people depend on moonshine to put food on the table, hang talismans
to chase away ghosts—and tragedy can strike as suddenly as a coiled
copperhead—Rachel wonders what life has in store. Most of all, she worries
whether she and her sister have inherited the darkness that lurks inside their
mother. Her one respite is the town’s apple orchard, the ally she finds
there—and the revelation that she can take her destiny into her own hands,
decide what to leave behind—and what is truly worth carrying into the future…
EXCERPTBig Grandma, Gertrude Cooper—Grandma’s mother—lived with us until her passing when I was seven years old. She’d come to live with us when my great-grandfather, Earl Cooper, died and I was four. The two had lived in a cabin that was much farther up the mountain than ours, making my great-grandparents’ cabin practically inaccessible to anyone that didn’t have a darn good reason for undertaking the long haul up there. Once my great-grandfather had passed away, Big Grandma felt the solitude and isolation far more than she ever had before, thus, she’d packed up most of what she had, gave the rest to the church—including the cabin—and moved in with us. Her small cabin was left to the ravages of creeping vines and thick laurel that quickly took over the place and created a well-hidden and safe haven for a couple of turkeys, a family of mice, and a rat snake, all of whom must have taken into consideration the fine accommodations and reluctantly agreed to live and let live. And there were two others who found the perfect use for the abandoned home place—Myra Jenkins and John Vespie.
Janie DeVos is a native of Coral Gables, Florida. She
attended Florida State University, then worked in the advertising industry for
over a decade, including radio, cable television, public relations and
advertising firms. Though her career changed over the years, one thing
didn’t—her love of writing. She is an award winning children's author. Beneath a Thousand Apple Trees is
her adult debut. Learn more at janiedevos.com.
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