The Woman in the Trees
Theoni Bell
9781505123807
224 pages
St. Benedict Press LLC
Overview
Set within the expanses of the American frontier, this story follows Slainie, an inquisitive pioneer girl, whose life is forever transformed when a mysterious seer shows up at her door. Amidst the backdrop of the Civil War, family tragedy, and the nation's most destructive wildfire, Slainie must navigate her rugged pioneer life as she encounters love and loss, and comes face to face with the story of America's first approved Marian apparition.
Author Bio
Theoni Bell has a master's in journalism and studied religion and culture in 13 countries. She came to Catholicism in college and embraces the idea that "conversion is a lifelong process." She homeschools and writes from Houston where she lives with her husband and three children (four in heaven). She is currently working on a picture book about child loss and a novel about a boy in the wake of Vatican II.
