Product Description
"This novel, largely fiction but based on fact, takes place in a farming valley surrounded by several Pennsylvania Appalachian Mountains. It opens in the playground of a two-room country school where Jennie is one of the students. Beginning in the nineteen twenties, the story weaves around Jennie's life, her marriage to Homer until his unexpected death and then as a widow. With her feisty homespun personality and country jargon diction, she becomes well known in the small rural area and involved in its day-to-day activities, sharing its tragedies, romances, humor, politics, and possibility of wealth from deposits in its fertile fields. Her neighbor, Mary, and Susan, a city- bred nurse and part-time resident in the valley lend interest to this story that will spike readers' memories of the past. They will also be amazed at the result of a Homecoming event and will be captivated by the surprise ending."