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Can’t Wait Wednesday: When Stone Wings Fly by Karen Barnett

February 23, 2022 by Suzie Waltner 2 Comments

 

cant wait wednesday

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. If you’re continuing with WOW, feel free to link those up as well! Find out more here

I loved Karen Barnett’s 3-book National Park Series which took me through Mount Rainier, Yellowstone, and Yosemite, so I can’t wait for her June release which takes readers to the Smoky Mountains.

About the Book

Uncovering a long-lost family story is the only way to bring her grandmother peace

Kieran Lucas’s grandmother is slipping into dementia, and, when her memory is gone, Kieran’s last tie to the family she barely knows will be lost forever. Worse, Granny Mac is being tormented by flashbacks of her mother’s death and the loss of their home.

In 1931, Rosie McCauley’s Smoky Mountains home is threatened by the Tennessee Great Smokies Park Commission as they create a new national park. But Rosie vows the only way they’ll get her land is if they haul her out in a pine box. When a compromise offers her and her disabled sister the opportunity to stay for her lifetime, it seems too good to be true.

Ornithologist Benton Fuller arrives to conduct a bird survey for the park and the two form a tenuous bond. But their friendship broadens a rift between her and the other mountain folk who are suspicious of any government connections. Then the discovery of an illegal still in the woods near her cabin leads to a violent clash between sides that could destroy them all.

Eighty-five years later, Kieran heads back to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to find answers to her great-grandmother’s mysterious death and bring peace to Granny Mac before it’s too late. Park Historian Zach Jensen may be the key to locating both the answers and a precious family heirloom. But just as in the past, Kieran’s needs clash with government regulations. Will Zach block her from recovering what she needs and solving this family mystery?

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Filed Under: Book Review Tagged With: Coming Soon, Historical Fiction, Karen Barnett, Kregel, National Parks, Smoky Mountains, When Stone Wings Fly

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  1. Cindy Davis says

    February 23, 2022 at 8:51 AM

    I enjoy this author but had not heard of this book. Thanks for sharing! Have a great day!

    Reply
  2. Deanne says

    February 23, 2022 at 9:57 AM

    I’m surprised I haven’t heard of this one yet. It really sounds great. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!
    Here’s mine https://veganbookblogger.wordpress.com/2022/02/23/994/

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