Here and Again - Softcover

Dickson, Nicole R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451466772 ISBN 13: 9780451466778

Publisher: Berkley, 2014

Synopsis

Deep in the Shenandoah Valley, the present and the past are as restless as the river mists. And when they collide, the heart is the only compass pointing home.
 
For nurse Ginger Martin, her late husband’s farm is both a treasured legacy and the harbinger of an uncertain future. Since he was recently killed in Iraq, every day is fraught with grief that won’t abate. Keeping the farm going and nourishing her children’s hopes without him seems as impossible as having dreams for the future—or going back into the past....
 
By a curious coincidence, a stranger appears in Ginger’s life, always showing up to help in unexpected and much-needed ways. He says he’s a soldier, lost and trying to make his way home, but Ginger understands that Samuel is a kindred spirit, longing to repair a life interrupted. The challenges of their hopes and longings will test who they really are in the most heartbreaking of ways. And only by coming to terms with their losses and the necessity of change will Ginger and Samuel be able to each make a future of their own—and discover at last where their true home lies....

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About the Author

Nicole Dickson lives in North Carolina with her daugther. She is the author of Casting Off.

Reviews

Ginger Martin lives on her late husband’s farm in the Shenandoah Valley, raising three young children and working as a nurse. Now her in-laws want to sell the farm, and Ginger is wondering how she can keep it when money is so tight and there is no one to do the work. But the farm is her children’s legacy, and Ginger is determined to hold on to her home. The sudden appearance of a stranger dressed in a Civil War uniform will change everything for the Martin family. The mystery man turns out to be Samuel Annanais, a Confederate soldier killed in battle but unable to move on to the next world. Somehow, the Martins are able to interact with him, and Samuel becomes an important part of life on the farm. Dickson, whose first novel, Casting Off (2009), was a top entry for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, seamlessly blends past and present in this deeply satisfying novel of a family coming together after a devastating loss, finding strength in the most unexpected of places, and discovering exactly where they truly belong. --Carol Gladstein

Edition details

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451466772
• ISBN 13: 9780451466778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400