A Rule of Life
By Patricia Brandon
Publication Date: April 21st 2021
Publisher: Independently Published
Page Length: 324 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
1919 - Could a local murder, an attempted kidnapping, and a strange and macabre ritual, brought to Appalachia from Europe, have anything to do with missing youth?
The Great War and the Spanish Flu pandemic have just ended, soon to give way to Prohibition, the riots of Red Summer, the culmination of Women's Suffrage. A new camp for girls has just begun in the mountains of western North Carolina. Camp counselor Tricia Grimball seeks both adventure and escape from her predictable life back home. What she finds is far more than she could have ever imagined.
A coming of age story of friendship, sacrifice, faith, forgiveness – and love.
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A Rule of Life
Patricia Brandon
I'm homegrown_ raised, braised, and cured in a charcuterie of the Deep South, with the wonderful nuances of family, friends, and our famously fractured characters. One of only three girls in a host of boy cousins and two brothers, I learned to find my own way somewhere between southern belle and tomboy.
I was that kid at the top of the summer reading list challenge, tucked away in a secret fort, or obscure beach cottage loft on a rainy day, devouring a smorgasbord of goodies from biographies and Nancy Drew mysteries, to C.S. Lewis and The Scarlet Letter. Books were_ and still are _ both the escape and the connection!
After I had raised my girls, and was approaching my 60th birthday, I was stricken with a very rare form of paralysis, a "surfer's stroke". (As my fabulous English teacher used to say, "Go look it up.") My tennis, hiking, music-festival attending days came to an abrupt halt. My world temporarily imploded while I negotiated through the mess. The journey to walk again is ongoing, but possible, and I haven't given up! My book, In The Valley Of Achor, is a view of the first year of life in a wheelchair, and a very important part of my own spiritual journey as well. I'm still active, but in a much different way these days. Writing, jewelry making, learning to play the mountain dulcimer, and staying active in my church, have all become therapeutic, fun, and meaningful ways of seeking joy in my life. An English teacher once told me she wanted an autographed copy of my first book. Life kind of got in the way for awhile, but I have discovered, again, how much I love writing, reading, and discovering all that is given to us in this life. I gravitate to historical fiction, and that is what my first fiction novel, The Center of Gravity, will be! It's almost ready for publishing, so stay tuned!
Come along on the journey with me! patriciabrandon.com
I have added this book to my to-read list. It sounds like a gripping read and I do like a good thriller!
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