Daughters of Green Mountain Gap is a compelling and heartfelt story of generational differences and medicine at the turn of the twentieth century.

Daughters of Green Mountain Gap by Teri M. Brown

Genre/Categories/Setting: Historical Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Midwifery, Complicated Family Drama, Multigenerational, Indigenous People, Southern Fiction, Appalachia, Rural North Carolina

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My Summary of Daughters of Green Mountain Gap:

I’m pleased to participate in the Launch Tour for Daughters of Green Mountain Gap. Thanks @atmospherepress and the author for a complimentary e ARC of #DaughtersOfGreenMountainGap upon my request. All opinions are my own.

Green Mountain Gap is the story of three women:

• Maggie (a generational healer known as a “granny woman”) is beloved by the small rural community and relies on traditions, folklore, and the Cherokee for her medical knowledge.
• Carrie (her daughter) has a university medical degree and is a trained nurse. Carrie is outspoken in her criticism of her mother’s reliance on herbs, roots, and mountain magic to heal her patients; Carrie puts her faith in modern medicine.
• Josie (Carrie’s daughter and Maggie’s granddaughter) doesn’t know who to believe and is caught in the middle. She has an interest in medicine and can see benefits to both methods.

Can Josie combine the two methods? Can she negotiate peace and understanding between her grandmother and mother?

My Thoughts:

Complicated Family and Medical Drama

The family dynamics and medical opinions here are interesting and engaging. It caused me to consider sides. Carrie is not the most likable character, so that influenced me a bit. I wonder if Josie was introduced to show us that we can embrace modern science but we don’t have to throw out traditional medicine. Can the two be combined in a holistic approach? As a companion read, you might enjoy Lady Tan’s Circle of Women which explores the role of widwife and traditional Chinese medicine in the 1400s.

The Writing

I was eager to read Teri Brown’s new release because I loved An Enemy Like Me. Daughters of Green Mountain Gap is also thoughtfully and beautifully written. Brown establishes a strong sense of place through vivid descriptions and creates a relatable and unique cast of characters. She puts me in the routine of day-to-day life and in the middle of the conflict. The author creates a great deal of tension as the residents and healers face life-and-death situations.

Themes

Thought-provoking themes include mother/daughter conflict, saving lives, cultural differences, racism and prejudice, traditional vs. modern medicine, risk-taking, faith, survival, healing, heartache, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

Content Consideration

Sensitive readers need to be aware of difficult medical situations, depression, death of children, and suicide. It is not a light read.

Recommending Daughters of Green Mountain Gap

If you appreciate complicated family drama, medical content, substantial themes, and a page-turning plot, you might enjoy this well-written story that is a perfect blend of historical fiction and women’s fiction. Please know that a suicide occurs.

Related: An Enemy Like Me (also by Teri M. Brown), Lady Tan’s Circle of Women (also about women in medicine)

My Rating:  4.5  Stars

Meet the Author of Daughters of Green Mountain Gap, Teri M. Brown

Born in Athens, Greece as an Air Force brat, Teri M Brown came into this world with an imagination full of stories to tell. She now calls the North Carolina coast home, and the peaceful nature of the sea has been a great source of inspiration for her creativity.

Not letting 2020 get the best of her, Teri chose to go on an adventure that changed her outlook on life. She and her husband, Bruce, rode a tandem bicycle across the United States from Astoria, Oregon to Washington DC, successfully raising money for Toys for Tots. She learned she is stronger than she realized and capable of anything she sets her mind to.

Teri is a wife, mother, grandmother, and author who loves word games, reading, bumming on the beach, taking photos, singing in the shower, hunting for bargains, ballroom dancing, playing bridge, and mentoring others.

www.terimbrown.com

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