Book Review -Johnstown (Tiny Historical Stories Book 2) - Kathleen Shoop

This is a really short novelette which will have you reaching for tissues. It is the harrowing story of a young girl and what happens when a dam breaks flooding out the town where she lives. The word imagery is superb-you will feel like you are living through this harrowing event. Only 2 people survive that this girl knows which does give some hope for her future!

About the Book: (from Amazon)

JOHNSTOWN IS A SHORT STORY

Little Maggie Brown's family and neighbors weather another storm, hoping, no, believing the dam that sits on top of the world, up at the South Fork Club will hold as it always does. Maggie's father promises, “Sharing fish with all us regular folk would be against their principles. That dam’ll hold out of sheer, miserly spite." And everyone exhales with relief. Join Maggie as her universe shifts and survival is all that matters. Well, almost all that matters...

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About the Author:-(from Amazon)

Bestselling author, Kathleen Shoop, holds a PhD in reading education and has more than 20 years of experience in the classroom. She writes historical fiction, women’s fiction and romance. Shoop’s novels have garnered various awards in the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), Eric Hoffer Book Awards, Indie Excellence Awards, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Readers’ Favorite and the San Francisco Book Festival. Kathleen has been featured in USA Today and the Writer’s Guide to 2013. Her work has appeared in The Tribune-Review, four Chicken Soup for the Soul books and Pittsburgh Parent magazine. Kathleen coordinates Mindful Writing Retreats and is a regular presenter at conferences for writers.

I adore writing historical fiction (The Letter series, After the Fog and Donora Stories) but am having a blast writing romance like Home Again, Return to Love and Tending Her Heart (Endless Love series). Thank you so much for the time you take to read.

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