One shot fired deep in the pine forests of her youth was all it took to change Hattie’s life forever. At the age of fourteen, Hattie learns that her mother, Addie, is dead, and her father, Hubbard, stands accused of Addie’s murder, along with countless other shocking betrayals. Overnight, Hattie becomes mother to her three siblings while still very much a child herself.
The life she had dreamt of … dreamt of now seems impossible to achieve. How will Hattie break away from the father who prevents her from living the life she desperately wants? Will her heart ever be able to heal in the height of The Great Depression?
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Superlative Storytelling: a novel with staying power
Original review for the first edition ran in Military Spouse Book Review in 2015. Sharing again as I love this novel and love to support Jodie.
A week after finishing Jodie Cain Smith’s novel, The Woods at Barlow Bend, I can’t stop thinking about her characters and the mystery that surrounds …
3 1/2 Stars.
It’s kind of depressing and slow in places but a good story. Hattie’s life at school would have been an interesting addition, especially some info on the friends she made, but that was totally glossed over.