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The Story Keeper
Christian fiction
The Story Keeper
Book 2 of the Carolina Heirlooms series
438 pages · First published 2020
New York editor Jen Gibbs has worked hard to build a life far from her Appalachian childhood. Then an old manuscript appears on her desk, drawing her into the story of Sarra, a young Melungeon girl struggling to escape dangerous men at the turn of the twentieth century. Determined to discover its author and the rest of the story, Jen follows a promising lead into the Blue Ridge Mountains she thought she had left behind. There, the search forces her to confront painful family ties and the past she has carefully concealed. Weaving a literary mystery with a historical story of survival, this hopeful novel explores faith, belonging, and the power of stories to help people reclaim their lives.
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Non-graphic references to rape and abuse; human trafficking and exploitation; racism and prejudice against Melungeon people; childhood and family trauma; coercive religious control and spiritual abuse; poverty, abandonment, death, and grief; peril and mild romantic content.
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