In 1918, Winkler explodes from a community of 13 helpful souls to a crowded coal mining town of strangers with divided loyalties.
War in faraway Europe means more money in the pockets of May Rose and her friends, but as a new wife and mother she feels cut off from people and community events.
And though mine owners like her husband are making money hand over fist, the workers' poverty and resentment threaten trouble when the war ends.
Before that happens, the town will be struck by an epidemic, and May Rose and the women who've helped each other through desperate times will face challenges as divisive and deadly as war.
About the Author: I've been lucky.
Years ago, I wanted to live on a farm, and my husband said Let's do it.
When personal computers were introduced, I wanted to know about them and own one, and lucky me, the school where I taught offered a course in Basic.
When we bought our first computer, I discovered the writer's best friend--word processing.
Before that, I could not write without crossing out most of a typewritten or handwritten page, and progress seemed impossible.
When I wanted to shift from teaching to writing, the first Macintosh computers came out, and I was lucky enough to have, along with technical and business writing, the first desktop publishing service in my area.
And when finally I had the leisure to give a lot of time to a novel, my husband didn't merely tolerate my commitment, he encouraged it.
Inspiration for the Mountain Women series came first from the mountain wilderness, both beautiful and challenging for those who live there.
I appreciated accounts of early 20th century life and industry, the forerunners of today's technology and culture.
When I read Roy B.
Clarkson's non-fiction account of lumbering in West Virginia, (Tumult on the Mountain, 1964, Mc Clain Printing Co.
, Parsons, WV), with more than 250 photos of giant trees, loggers, sawmills, trains, and towns, I found the setting for the first book in the series.
Finally, I.
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