Bøger af Gail Priest

Annie Crow Knoll: Sunrise, Book 1 in a moving and emotional women's fiction trilogy, delivers the coming of age of a true, small town, American heroine.As far as a young Annie Crow is concerned, the world is full of irrational rules and conventions, especially for women. With pure determination, she uncovers the truth about her critical mother's parentage and her grandmother's suicide. In her teens, Annie confronts the local Klansmen and trusts Bo, her African American friend and surrogate father, as they fight to save the Chesapeake Bay property left to her. When the family legacy of depression haunts her early adulthood, and Annie struggles with estrangement from her husband and young son, will she be able to accept love from the man who has been there all along? Annie Crow Knoll: Sunrise celebrates a young woman's strengthening sense of self and the restorative magic of the natural world at the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay. It is a story of loss, grief, survival and the healing powers of friendship and nature.

Return to Annie Crow Knoll . . . a place where people come to restore their spirits, heal their pain and reclaim their lives. Annie Crow Knoll: Sunset is the second novel in this literary fiction series by Gail Priest. In this family saga, the healing powers of nature, art, and friendship offer courage to those facing loss and grief. Nate Bidwell blamed his mother Annie for his parents' divorce. Buried hurts and resentments between mother and son make Nate reluctant to risk his heart when his childhood friend Beth Ann offers him her own. Instead, he allows himself to fall in love with the fragile and dependent June, and Annie's opposition to their marriage reignites years of unresolved conflict with her only child. Nate swears that he will never return to Annie Crow Knoll, his family home on the Chesapeake Bay. Instead, he opens his dream restaurant in Manhattan and tirelessly works to build his career as a chef. When near-tragedy strikes their lives, though, Nate is forced to return to the one place he hopes may save his wife: Anne Crow Knoll. There, surrounded by the love and support of his mother, their friend Packard, and Beth Ann, will Nate and June be able to face their doubts and fears about themselves, their marriage, and their future?

Whether you're in the heart of the Eastern Shore or the Eastern Shore is in your heart... Characters visit familiar local restaurants, inns, shops, parks, and museums as they cross paths through the charming towns and waterways of the Eastern Shore. From the female barber who runs into an old flame to a man who¿s held out for love too long, and from a cranky dog trainer to a meddling mother-of-the-bride, these folks will make you laugh, cry, and cheer as they follow their hearts and dreams.

Annie Crow Knoll: Moonrise (Book 3) by Gail Priest Return once again to Annie Crow Knoll . . . a place to grieve loss, accept change, and rebuild a life worth living. Breezy and Jemma, are world-class cyclists until violence at a race leaves Breezy with permanent physical disabilities and kills the man she loved. With her Olympic dream shattered, guilt and shame threaten to destroy her future happiness. Her sister Jemma escapes with only minor injuries, but the psychological damage she experiences shakes her self-worth, her Olympic potential, and her capacity to accept love. The young women return to Annie Crow Knoll, their childhood home on the Chesapeake Bay, to heal and reclaim their lives, and with their parents and grandparents, struggle to make sense of life after this tragic and irrational incident. Annie Crow Knoll: Moonrise, the third novel in this fiction series by Gail Priest, is a story about the power to reinvent life after surviving loss and trauma. (Can be read as a stand alone.)