Two rich and complex characters are going about their lives, a little more than a century apart. What do they have in common? Both are trying to get their bearings, both are seeking love, peace and a secure life, and both are living in the same area on the magnificent and beautiful Kootenay Lake in vastly different times.
19-year-old Patrick Wallace comes to the booming Canadian frontier settlement of Pilot Bay from Bonners Ferry, Idaho in 1895 to make his fortune. A woman he meets throws him into a web of mystery, and in his search for answers he is rewarded with much more than he bargained for.
Sally Jenkins is a woman on a self-destructive path. She comes to Pilot Bay in 2019 to recover from her addictions, and find her life’s true purpose.
When Sally finds Patrick’s journal tucked away in a dusty corner of her new home, she is drawn into Patrick’s world. His story is not only a means of escape from her troubles, but also a lasting connection to the past, and a beacon to help her to find her own way forward.
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Paula Snow lives along the shores of Kootenay Lake in the new settlement of Pilot Bay. Her life experience includes cooking in remote camps, riding freight trains around the country, and creating a permaculture paradise on a large, unruly tract of land.
Her stories are born from dusty memories found in cardboard boxes…
Born in New York City, Paula Snow has lived in the Kootenay Mountains for the last 40 years. She has written stories all her life, drawing from her life experiences as a wild child in Greenwich Village, a cook in remote tree planting camps, a hippie riding freight trains around the USA and Canada, a business consultant, and the creator of a small permaculture paradise. She now lives on the shore of Kootenay Lake, in the new settlement of Pilot Bay, where her current novel takes place.
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