Fall's Hope by Heather Hummel Gallagher
Book 3: Camden Lake Tales Series
Publisher: Independent Self Publisher
Publication Date: July 25, 2023
Format: Paperback - 202 pages
Kindle - 1809 KB
ISBN: 979-8387783807
ASIN: B0BZ13XP4F
Genre: Women's Fiction / Coming Of Age
Brett McGriff is on a straight road to becoming a veterinarian when he learns that somewhere out in the world he has a daughter. His new fiancé, Melanie Piper, struggles when she uncovers the truth of his past after they move to California from Maine to start a new life.
Brett’s conflicted heart worries about his future with Melanie and battles discovering the whereabouts of his only child. Will Brett learn that life can hold opposing desires and that he can triumph despite his uphill battles?
Fall’s Hope, a heartfelt and persuasive piece of women’s fiction, is the third in the Camden Lake Tales series and is the backstory of Jamie’s biological father.
My Book Review:
In Fall's Hope, the third book in the Camden Lake Tales series, author Heather Hummel Gallagher weaves a wonderful women's fiction story that follows the backstory of Jamie Jacobson's birth father, Brett McGriff.
The author weaves a fascinating tale that easily engages the reader to follow Brett McGriff's journey as he deals with the knowledge that his ex-high school girlfriend Elizabeth Daniels had a baby girl and gave her up for adoption, and did not let him know until she sent him a letter two years later while he was away at college.
Brett's story takes the reader from May 1978 through the Spring of 2015. Brett and his college girlfriend Melanie Piper graduate from college in Maine and settle in California where he attended veterinarian school at UC Davis. Brett has thought about his daughter every day since he read the letter, and wonders what her life is life throughout the years. Brett and Melanie get married in May 1983, and settle into their life in Pacific Grove, where he is a veterinarian, and Melanie has established a dog rescue. As the years go by, Brett still thinks about his daughter somewhere out in the world, and on his fifty-eighth birthday in 2014, he and Melanie are watching the news and see his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth featured on there, she is running for Congress and tells her life story and introduces the crowd to her daughter, Jamie. Brett is determined to finally meet his daughter, who lives not too far from them, and hopefully be given the chance to have a relationship with her.
Fall's Hope is a heartwarming and thoroughly enjoyable story. You can't help but feel for Brett as his world changed after learning that he has a daughter somewhere out in the world, and how he learns to live with his desire to find her throughout the years, until fate finally provides him the opportunity he has dreamed about. The author takes the reader along for the ride as Brett's life unfolds from college graduation in May 1978 to his retirement in the Spring of 2015. Brett's story will pull at the heartstrings, and will leave the reader with a warm fuzzy feeling, and a satisfied smile.
Fall's Hope is a compelling women's fiction story that will pull at your heartstrings and touch your soul.
RATING: 5 STARS
RATING: 5 STARS
About The Author
Heather Hummel Gallagher is a New York Book Festival award-winning novelist of the Journals from the Heart Series.
A former high school English teacher turned novelist and ghostwriter, Heather followed her grandmother’s footsteps with the written word.
Born in Greenwich, CT, Heather soon left New England and spent her twenties and thirties traveling and living in every corner of the US. Eventually, she settled down and married for the first time in her early-fifties. She and her husband, Stephen, have two black labs, Sox and Lucy. They travel the country in their RV, where Heather satisfies her innate need for exploration.
As a ghostwriter, Heather has penned over a dozen books and counting. Her clients include corporations, politicians, philanthropists, dating coaches, real estate agents, public figures, and business leaders. With experience in both traditional and independent publishing, Heather's diverse background and knowledge of the industry appeals to many authors seeking a qualified ghostwriter.
By personal request from Arianna Huffington, Heather is a featured blogger in the Arts & Culture section of the Huffington Post. Her article titled "Why Agents Reject 96% of Author Submissions" gained remarkable attention in the industry, including ReTweets from Publishers Weekly and many quality literary agents.
Television, print, and radio coverage for her clients’ books include: The Today Show and other regional shows; Publishers Weekly, USA Today and the Washington Post; and in magazines that include: Health, Body & Soul, First, and Spry Living, a combined circulation of nearly 20 million in print alone. A contributing author in Successful eBook Publishing: The Complete How-to Guide for Creating and Launching Your Amazon Kindle eBook by David Wogahn, Heather shares her wisdom in a chapter on ghostwriting.
Heather's second career is as a land and seascape photographer. Her work is represented by Agora Gallery in the Chelsea District of New York City. A graduate with High Distinction from the University of Virginia, Heather holds a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies degree with concentrations in English and Secondary Education.
Awards:
2009 Mature Media Awards, Merit Award: Gracefully
2009 New York Book Festival, Women's Literature: Whispers from the Heart
Noted as a top "Books for Grownups" by Publishers Weekly: Gracefully
Essays: Messages of Hope and Healing (Sunpiper Media, 2006) Blue Ridge Anthology (Cedar Creek, 2007)
