Audra Jennings

This is another book we'd be touring as a part of Litfuse. I had it down on my calendar, so I wanted to go ahead and share. It's a beautiful cover, isn't it? This is the only fiction release, other than Christy , that Catherine Marshall released. It is now available in reprint from Gilead's Evergreen Farm imprint. About the book: Will the dam hold? Julie Wallace has always wanted to write. Trying to escape the Great Depression, Julie’s father buys the Alderton Sentinel, a small-town newspaper in flood-prone Alderton, Pennsylvania, and moves his family there. As flash floods ominously increase, Julie’s investigative reporting uncovers secrets that could endanger the entire community. Julie, the newspaper, and her family are thrown into a perilous standoff with the owners of the steel mills as they investigate the conditions of the immigrant laborers. As the Alderton Sentinel and Julie take on a more aggressive role to reform these conditions, seething te...

Bonus video! We're excited to be partnering with   Gilead Publishing to create and distribute videos featuring some of your favorite authors sharing their memories of reading Catherine Marshall's Christy ! The six videos have been released week by week every Monday. One reader who shares the videos on his or her social media platforms or blog will receive a $100 Amazon gift card! To enter, fill out   this form . You can fill it out for as many times as you share the videos. The winner will be announced March 12 (thanks to this week's bonus video) and contacted via email. Kim Vogel Sawyer was given Christy by her mother, and since then Kim hasn't been able to forget the characters and Catherine Marshall's writing! About Christy : The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended...