 | A Father-Daughter Genealogy Team Link Present to Past on Family Trees Meri flunks out of medical school—and runs from her parents. Genealogist Jillian Parisi-Duffy’s digging traces the family long tradition of doctors to an ancestor saved during a yellow fever outbreak in Memphis in 1878. As Meri’s family closes in, Jillian gets the final puzzle pieces in place just in time for them all to learn the truth. The Inn at Hidden Run is the first book in the Tree of Life series. Readers will come back to backdrop of a lovely mountain town of Canyon Mines again and again to explore and celebrate unforgettable family stories that inspire them to connect with their own family histories and unique faith journeys. Click here to purchase your copy! |
My Review
The past has a way of affecting the present...
When I started The Inn At Hidden Run I wasn't sure what to expect. I've read a few of Olivia Newport's other books, Amish and historical, but contemporary was a new one for me. I've been interested in my family history since I was a little girl reading my great grandma's copies of her family's history in the corner of her living room. Needless to say, I was intrigued both by the title of the series and the back cover blurb.
As I said, I wasn't sure what to expect and I was quite pleasantly surprised. The dual timeline worked very well and I was impressed by Olivia Newport's ease with both the historical and contemporary threads. I was also impressed by the fact that this is not a romance tale at all. No, The Inn At Hidden Run is more about family, both the good and the messy. It's about finding your place, meeting in the middle, and about dealing with the well-meaning but sometimes suffocating expectations of those we love.
I was quite the fan of the historical angle as well. I learned so much about the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis in 1878 and I was inspired by the sacrifice of the people who sacrificed themselves. I have to admit that many of the aspects brought up were things I hadn't thought about. What happens to the people left behind in a city brought to its knees by an epidemic no one really understood?
The Inn At Hidden Run was a great start to what I think will prove to be an interesting series. I'm definitely looking forward to Olivia Newport's next installment in The Tree Of Life. If you are looking for a story about family dynamics and not hinged on romance I would recommend giving this book a try.
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives The Inn At Hidden Run by Olivia Newport a 4 Bark rating.
When I started The Inn At Hidden Run I wasn't sure what to expect. I've read a few of Olivia Newport's other books, Amish and historical, but contemporary was a new one for me. I've been interested in my family history since I was a little girl reading my great grandma's copies of her family's history in the corner of her living room. Needless to say, I was intrigued both by the title of the series and the back cover blurb.
As I said, I wasn't sure what to expect and I was quite pleasantly surprised. The dual timeline worked very well and I was impressed by Olivia Newport's ease with both the historical and contemporary threads. I was also impressed by the fact that this is not a romance tale at all. No, The Inn At Hidden Run is more about family, both the good and the messy. It's about finding your place, meeting in the middle, and about dealing with the well-meaning but sometimes suffocating expectations of those we love.
I was quite the fan of the historical angle as well. I learned so much about the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis in 1878 and I was inspired by the sacrifice of the people who sacrificed themselves. I have to admit that many of the aspects brought up were things I hadn't thought about. What happens to the people left behind in a city brought to its knees by an epidemic no one really understood?
The Inn At Hidden Run was a great start to what I think will prove to be an interesting series. I'm definitely looking forward to Olivia Newport's next installment in The Tree Of Life. If you are looking for a story about family dynamics and not hinged on romance I would recommend giving this book a try.
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives The Inn At Hidden Run by Olivia Newport a 4 Bark rating.
(I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are entirely my own.)
More from Olivia
Of Family Lines and Family Lore
I suppose it all started in a cemetery.
| Once, while a group of relatives were visiting a cemetery, one of my cousins and I wandered off and looked at all sorts of graves, speculating about the names we read and the lives they represented. We were duly scolded both for separating from our families, which caused some consternation, and for being disrespectful—though I think the second accusation was a false one! Just because we were young children didn’t mean we were disrespecting the dead. Quite the opposite. We were respecting lives long forgotten with our curiosity about who they were and what legacies they left. |  |
These days a lot of people are interested in genealogy. Entire TV series spin around the theme, and DNA kits show up in Christmas stockings. Lost branches of family trees find the main trunk—sometimes with big surprises.
My new Tree of Life series is set in the backdrop of a lovely Colorado mountain town I hope you’ll want to visit often, where a father-daughter genealogy team link present to past on family trees and characters learn about who they are, where they come from, and their unique faith journeys as they discover their own Tree of Life.
It all starts with The Inn at Hidden Run. When Meri arrives in Canyon Mines because she wants to run away from her family, true answers come from understanding the past that generations have forgotten—the accounts from another time and place no longer handed down but that still form the backbone of the family’s story.
It all starts with The Inn at Hidden Run. When Meri arrives in Canyon Mines because she wants to run away from her family, true answers come from understanding the past that generations have forgotten—the accounts from another time and place no longer handed down but that still form the backbone of the family’s story.
What’s the backbone of your family’s history?
How is it shaping your own future?
 Olivia Newport | Olivia Newport’s novels twist through time to find where faith and passions meet. Her husband and twentysomething children provide welcome distraction from the people stomping through her head on their way into her books. She chases joy in stunning Colorado at the foot of the Rockies, where daylilies grow as tall as she is. |
It's Time For A Giveaway!
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$25 Amazon gift card and a copy of The Inn at Hidden Run!!
$25 Amazon gift card and a copy of The Inn at Hidden Run!!
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