A Father-Daughter Genealogy Team Link Present to Past on Family Trees
Meri’s family has been producing doctors for so many generations that no one remembers why, so when she flunks out of medical school, she runs as far from her parents as she can get. In the small mountain town of Canyon Mines, Colorado, she takes a job at the Inn at Hidden Run B&B. And waits. It’s only a matter of time.
What she doesn’t count on is genealogist Jillian Parisi-Duffy and her father, Nolan, having her back when it takes everything she has not to bolt again but to stay and face the truth that only unfolding her family’s history will reveal. While Nolan works on keeping Meri calm—and in town—Jillian pulls out of her gems of information she doesn’t know she has and arranges the puzzle pieces.
But none of that changes the fact that Meri’s family is closing in to haul her back to her “real” life. When their arrival inflames tensions and Meri finally does bolt, Nolan and Jillian may be out of time.
The Inn at Hidden Run is the first book in the Tree of Life series. Readers will come back to backdrop of a lovely mountain town of Canyon Mines again and again to explore and celebrate unforgettable family stories that inspire them to connect with their own family histories and unique faith journeys.
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Summary
"No offense . . . . but a pretty family tree is not going to fix this."
Jillian Parisi-Duffy is a genealogist, so linking the past to the present through a person's ancestry is a task that she takes very seriously and is convinced could bring healing to her new friend's complicated family relationships. Tracking names through the yellow fever epidemic that nearly wiped out the entire population of Memphis, Tennessee in 1878 is tricky and possibly impossible. . . . . but Meri needs a validation of her calling, which is very different from her family's unrelenting expectations.
Have you wanted to like a book more than you actually did, only to discover that once completed, it's value actually rose through recollection? "The Inn at Hidden Run" was quite likable, its characters and their perplexities creative and unique, but the delivery felt weighted down by the unnecessary details and repetitious conversations. Those weaknesses weren't ruinous, however, because it was just interesting enough to keep me turning pages.
"May you always find nourishment for your body at the table, .. . may sustenance for your spirit rise and fill you with each dawn. And may life always feed you with the light of joy along the way."