Orchard of Hope (47 page)

Jocie laughed too, more with relief than because the story was funny. “I’m glad you’re still from Jupiter,” she said.

“What’s the matter, Jo? You think the good Lord can’t love somebody from Jupiter?” Wes raised his eyebrows as he peered over at Jocie.

“No. Today I think anything is possible,” Jocie said.

“Just ‘think’?” Wes asked.

“Okay. Today I
know
anything is possible.” She looked at Cassidy. “What do you know, Cassidy?”

Cassidy looked at Jocie and Wes with sparkling brown eyes as she said, “That my Granny Sally says Mr. Harvey’s angels are going to be watching over me and my daddy’s apple trees. And she knows.”

Ann H. Gabhart
and her husband live on a farm just over the hill from where she was born, in central Kentucky. Ann is the author of over a dozen novels for adults and young adults. She’s active in her country church, and her husband sings bass in a southern gospel quartet.

In the humid summer of 1964,
            one family’s secrets come to life

O
N THE SURFACE, Hollyhill, Kentucky, seems to be well insulated from the turbulent world beyond its quiet streets. Life-changing events rarely happen here, and when they do, they are few and far between. But for Jocie Brooke and her family, they happen all at once. Discover what comes to pass when the secrets everyone wants to hide are suddenly uncovered . . .

Don’t miss the beginning of Jocie’s story!

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