In this novel K. Allen Judge tackles the possible effects of road expansion on farming communities in North Carolina.  Judge tells of the changes that come to Chatham County as Highway 64 and Highway 15-501 are expanded from two to four lanes. The reader sees the expansions through the experiences of the fictional Beasley family, farmers in Chatham County. We learn about the family’s roots abroad and their life on the land through the centuries. As road construction continues, the Beasleys worry about more than just the loss of their land.  Some family members fear that their Quaker heritage will be lost to future generations. The author provides readers with a good sense of that heritage and its value.

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Posted: September 3rd, 2009 under 2000-, 2007, Chatham, Judge, K. Allen, Piedmont.
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Ruben (Ruby) Riggs is sent to Sunbridge Psychiatric and Rehabilitation Center in Siler City to recover his strength and his wits after he came apart following his wife’s death.  As Ruby heals, the mischievous and adventurous sides of his nature begin to reappear, but nothing prepares him for fellow patient John Carter, who claims to be Jesus Christ.  Carter arrived in Siler City about the same time that a large dark cloud settled over the town, giving more than one resident the sense that a crisis of biblical proportions is brewing.

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Posted: November 24th, 2008 under 2000-, 2007, Chatham, Morgan, Scott, Piedmont.
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There is a lot going on in this novel set in North Carolina in the last years of the Revolutionary War. One plot line follows David Fanning as he leads Tory raiders in Chatham County. The second narrative thread concerns the lovely Polly Rutherford Scurlock who is sent from Chatham County to the safer venue of Guilford County, where she finds multiple suitors. The book weaves many historic events and figures into its plot.

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Posted: August 5th, 2008 under 1910-1919, 1913, Chatham, Guilford, Hill, William Laurie, Historical, Novels to Read Online, Piedmont, Romance/Relationship.
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The old farmhouse outside of the small Piedmont community of Silk Hope has passed down through generations from mother to daughter. The original occupants stipulated that only women could inherit the house. The current owners, Frannie and Natalie Vaughan, have just inherited the house and are faced with a tough decision. The sisters couldn’t be more different — Frannie is a rebel, the wild one in the family, while practical Natalie comes up with the idea to sell the house and land. As they struggle to decide what to do with the house, the sisters have to consider their own roles in the family’s history, and determine whether or not, in the modern South, women still need a sanctuary all their own.

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Posted: March 13th, 2008 under 1990-1999, 1994, Chatham, Naumoff, Laurence, Piedmont.
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