Friday, September 11, 2026

Appalachian Song Named in Top Five Books set in the Great Smoky Mountains

 


I'm SUPER excited that Woman's World magazine included my novel APPALACHIAN SONG on their list of the Five Best Historical Fiction Books Set in the Great Smoky Mountains! 





ABOUT THE BOOK:

Bertie Jenkins has spent forty years serving as a midwife for her community in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Out of all the mothers she's tended, none affects her more than the young teenager who shows up on her doorstep, injured, afraid, and expecting, one warm June day in 1943. As Bertie and her four sisters tenderly nurture Songbird back to health, the bond between the childless midwife and the motherless teen grows strong. But soon Songbird is forced to make a heartbreaking decision that will tear this little family apart.

Thirty years later, the day after his father's funeral, Walker Wylie is stunned to learn he was adopted as an infant. The famous country singer enlists the help of adoption advocate Reese Chandler in the hopes of learning why he was abandoned by his birth parents. With the only clue he has in hand, Walker and Reese head deep into the Appalachian Mountains to track down Bertie Jenkins, the midwife who holds the secrets to Walker's past.

For fans of historical and Southern fiction comes a poignant story of love and sacrifice set in the heart of Appalachia, from award-winning author Michelle Shocklee.


THANK YOU, Woman's World! I'm grateful!

To read the article, click HERE!

To purchase a copy of APPALACHIAN SONG, click HERE!


Happy Reading!

~Michelle 


Me at the Walker Sisters Cabin

The Walker Sisters Cabin that inspired 
my novel Appalachian Song


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