Zetta's Dream: An Appalachian Coal Camp Novel

by Sandra Aldrich

Overview

Zetta Berghoffer's dream of a sweet life is jeopardized when her husband, Asa, leaves to work coal so he can pay off their Kentucky farm. Determined to keep the family together, Zetta and their toddlers join Asa and her brothers at the Golden Gate coal camp just before Christmas 1922. She is eight months pregnant.

During the first week in the dismal camp, Zetta suffers fearful nightmares of cut trees and fresh dirt--Appalachian signs of trouble. Asa dismisses his wife's pleas to return to their farm, insisting their three-month stay will provide the $400 they need to give their children better lives. Disappointed, Zetta draws strength from her plump red-haired neighbor, Dosha, and the strong-willed granny woman, Clarie, who will deliver her baby. And each morning, she thanks the Lord they are one more day closer to home. Or are they?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163360932
Publisher:	Sandra Aldrich
Publication date:	10/12/2019
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	390 KB

About the Author

SANDRA P. ALDRICH, a Harlan County, Kentucky native, is an international speaker and author or co-author of 24 books. Known for her Kentucky story-telling style of speaking and writing, Sandra loves the Lord, family and all things Appalachian. Eastern Michigan University granted her a Master of Arts degree, but she says life granted her a Ph.D. from the School of Hard Knocks. Currently she resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado, because of its lack of copperhead snakes. Well, that and the fact that her two grandsons, Luke and Noah, are also in Colorado.