When Stone Wings Fly, Karen Barnett
When Stone Wings Fly, Karen Barnett
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When Stone Wings Fly

Author: Karen Barnett

Narrator: Susan Bennett

Unabridged: 12 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/21/2023


Synopsis

Kieran Lucas’s grandmother is slipping into dementia, and when her memory is gone, Kieran’s last tie to the family she barely knows will be lost forever. Worse, flashbacks of her mother’s death torment Granny Mac, and there’s precious little Kieran can do to help.

In 1931, the creation of the new Great Smoky Mountains National Park threatens Rosie McCauley’s home. Rosie vows the only way the commission will get her land is if they haul her off in a pine box. When a compromise offers her and her disabled sister the opportunity to stay for Rosie’s lifetime, her acceptance
sets her apart from the other mountain folk. And the bond she’s forming with ornithologist and outsider Benton Fuller only broadens the rift.

Eighty-five years later, Kieran heads back to the national park to find answers to her great-grandmother’s mysterious death and bring peace to Granny Mac before it’s too late. Park historian Zach Jensen may be the key to locating the answers.

But what Kieran needs clashes with the government regulations Zach is sworn to uphold. Can she trust God for a solution to heal this generations-old wound?

About Karen Barnett

Karen Barnett is an award-winning author who uses her experience as a former park ranger to transport fans to American's national parks through her novels. When not writing, she enjoys photography, hiking, and public speaking. She currently resides with her husband and two children in Oregon.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chautona on July 04, 2022

I just left the Smokies. I've been clinging to a branch--one rooted deep into rich, rocky, fertile soil that goes back nearly a century. I didn't want to let go, even as the final leaf fell away. Some books do that to you. They beckon you to go out on a limb with them, and then when you do, you're l......more

Goodreads review by Kav on January 10, 2023

Phew! I devoured this book with it's unique dual timeline in what seems like a nanosecond! How can it be over so soon? The exquisite writing style brought the Smoky Mountains to life and introduced me to some history I wasn't aware of. But it is the characters that leapt to life and made me feel a m......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on June 29, 2022

Gorgeous storytelling, knit together with Karen Barnett‘s signature love of nature and national parks. When Stone Wings Fly is a touching and heart-wrenching story of family and love and of letting go. Rosie and Kieran and Granny Mac are compelling women trying to make it on their own in difficult c......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on November 06, 2023

I have a really hard time with split time novels, because I almost always find myself preferring one story line over the other. As was with this one. But it was still good! I felt like one of the sacrifices made by Benton was a bit of a reach with the story line that led up to it, and wished there w......more

Goodreads review by Gretchen on June 14, 2022

When Stone Wings Fly is for the National Park enthusiast and historical Christian romance reader alike. A former park ranger and naturalist, Karen Barnett honors park history while being realistic about how the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park unsettled so many families just......more