Under Carolina Skies

Soft cover 225 pages. Recommended for teens and adults.

It’s the 1950s and Annie Little is growing up on a lovely farm in North Carolina. Her days are carefree, but life somehow throws many complications her way, both good and bad. Dangers and difficulties threaten to turn her world upside down, but wonderful gifts also arrive from surprising places. Her horizons are broadened by an unexpected visit from her Aunt Maggie from Africa, a new neighbor brings her the treasure of enduring friendship, and adventures surround her.

 Aunt Maggie’s troubled past holds the secret behind her mysterious sojourn to Africa. Is she chasing adventure or is there something more noble behind her journey? Even as a child Annie soon sees that the lives of all the people in her world touch one another like the wind sending ripples across a summer day’s pond.

 Written in the nostalgic style of the 1950’s, this story takes you to a place where cool breezes blow through screen doors and kids play outside all day. But life isn’t always easy and they must hold on to each other to weather the struggles Under Carolina Skies.