Welcome to the Blog Tour for Finding Juniper by Cindy Thomson, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About the Book
Title: Finding Juniper
Author: Cindy Thomson
Publisher: Emerald Path Press
Release Date: January 2, 2025
Genre: Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction
For Patrick Doyle, the claim that time heals all wounds is a cruel lie.
In 1920, returning from WWI, Paddy finds Ireland creeping toward civil war. Invisible borders separate people, including Paddy and his pregnant girlfriend. With few prospects, Paddy sails to America. However, America is far from the land of opportunity he’d hoped for. And worse, his girl refuses to follow him because of her political involvement.
Thirty years later, Patrick has moved on with his life, building a new family. A letter arrives, suggesting the child he’d assumed died may be alive. Patrick’s American daughter Mardell pushes him to find out what happened to her sister, named Juniper. Patrick anxiously sails to Ireland.
Juniper endured a childhood in institutions, and when she’s released, she moves on without the parents who left her. Operating an apothecary out of an inherited cottage where villagers are slow to trust outsiders, Juniper finally finds a home when her grandmother arrives. Just as she feels comfortable and content, her father shows up at her door, bringing shocking news about her mother.
Finding Juniper invites readers on a journey of confronting the past, healing from old traumas, and redefining what family truly means.
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Book Excerpt
Juniper
February 1950, Glasgleann Cottage, County Down, Northern Ireland
Pulling on her wellies, Juniper prepared to tend her plants. The smell of damp earth was as good a medicine as anything she could concoct. Michael trailed after, crisscrossing as though someone might snag him if he took a more linear path. A robin nosed the edges of her turnip field while other birds called to him from a perch in the oaks separating her property from a neighboring farm where cattle and sheep grazed lazily in the green grass. Just as when she was a girl, the earth soothed and reminded her that sorrows lasted only a moment. The sun always reappeared.
Shoving a spade into the dark soil, Juniper worked to cultivate an area for transplanting parsley. She had no trouble finding locations for the herbs that preferred cooler conditions. It was the sun-loving rosemary, thyme, and marjoram that needed transplanting the most. The tree cover had increased quite a bit since Aunt Bet first planted them.
Dragging her spade, Juniper trudged up a slight incline that was blanketed with wild daises. She loved the untouched beauty of the spot, but the herbs needed it more. She’d try to disturb only a corner. Driving her tool into the ground, she found resistance. Ah, rocks. She’d been spoiled by previously only working cultivated beds. Wiping her brow, she set to work.
A few hours later she wearily returned to the cottage to make tea. When she entered, memories flooded in again. Juniper hadn’t thought about those early years as intently as she had been lately. Perhaps rewinding the tape of her life story might help her manage today’s challenges.
Excerpt From
Finding Juniper
Cindy Thomson
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About the Author
Known for the inspirational Celtic theme employed in most of her books, Cindy Thomson is the author of both fiction and nonfiction. A genealogy enthusiast, she writes from her home in Ohio where she lives with her husband Tom near their three grown sons and their families.
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Tour Giveaway
(1) winner will receive a silver leaf necklace and an e-copy of Finding Juniper!
Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight January 28, 2025 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on February 4, 2025. Winners will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. Worldwide if Amazon Global Shipping is available. If international winner lives where Amazon Global Shipping is not available, only ebook will be given. Ebook delivered via Bookfunnel. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
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