"I just read your book chapters. I love it. It reminds me so much of here. I am a native Appalachian. My family helped settle this area and has lived here for over 200 years. My grandfather was an herbalist and spoke PA Deutch. My mother has told me many stories like your book. Mountain ways can be brutal. I guess we are all warriors in life in our own ways whether we are mountain or not. We survive. I normally can't sit and read like I did today because of my schedule, but I am fighting asthmatic bronchitis of all things this week and haven't been able to work. I look forward to reading more now that I am hooked. Thanks for putting it on Nita's site."  Pamela Murphy, Real Country Life