Local Authors Past and Present
Work in progress here -- the field is richer than first envisioned. We hope to incorporate past authors (Marianne Moore, Jean Craighead George, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, and so on), present authors/illustrators (Amy Bates, Megan Lloyd-Thompson, Adrienne Su, Kim van Alkemade, Sherry Knowlton, and so on), and books from authors who knew the Valley well and wrote about events here (Lois Lenski, Lois Lowry, Conrad Richter, and so on). We will organize them with category headers for better searching and annotate them with the particulars as we work on this. Keep checking!
The Path Unseen
The Path Unseen
Miracles happen when we finally learn to see. And that seeing changes everything.
For thirty years, Cyrus Rawling has carried the weight of a single devastating day. Haunted by grief and convinced that some wounds can never heal, he has spent a lifetime believing he is beyond redemption.
Then, on an ordinary afternoon in a quiet roadside diner, a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger changes everything.
Drawn into an unexpected journey through the mountains, Cyrus is forced to confront the memories he has spent decades trying to outrun. Along the way, forgotten moments take on new meaning, old regrets refuse to stay buried, and long-held truths begin to emerge.
As the line between memory and reality begins to blur, Cyrus is faced with a question he never imagined asking:
Can love outlast grief?
The Path Unseen is a moving novel about grief, guilt, forgiveness, and the quiet ways grace finds us when we least expect it. It is for anyone who has ever wondered if they waited too long, carried too much, or believed they were beyond hope.
Because sometimes redemption doesn’t come from changing the past.
Sometimes it comes from finally seeing the truth that was there all along.