Weaving Epic Book Launch

About the Book

Book Title: Weaving Roots

Author Name: Heather Wood

Genre: Christian Historical Fiction with Romance

Release Date: June 25, 2024

Baltimore, 1828

Spinning. Turning flax to fine linen thread for her family’s weaving business keeps Betha’s hands occupied all day, but it’s the concerns spinning in her heart that never truly rest. How can she give her nephew Henry a secure, loving home when his father remains indifferent? How can she guide the boy who calls her “Ma” to know and follow the Lord for himself? And when past secrets and future changes collide, will she lose Henry altogether?

Colm Gallagher is passionate about teaching boys using innovative educational methods. But is his kind and thorough instruction enough if he is not allowed to give his students the ultimate truth of God’s Word? Confronted by his student Henry Young and the boy’s lovely but determined aunt, Colm considers if he has allowed practical considerations to outweigh his deepest-held beliefs.

Even as Betha and Colm are drawn to each other, family loyalties, financial pressures, and personal uncertainties push them further apart. Will the threads of their lives unravel or become knit together into something stronger?

Weaving linen is her family’s legacy. Weaving roots of truth and grace is her calling.

Book Excerpt

Betha lifted her eyes from the stacks of books and papers covering the desk to the face watching her approach. Well, she could check “old” off her list. His curious brown eyes didn’t look hardened either.

“Good morning. We’re here to enroll Henry in school.”

“Excellent. Welcome to Oliver Hibernian.” The teacher walked around the desk and extended his hand to Henry first. “I’m Mr. Gallagher, the boys’ teacher.”

Betha watched Henry straighten and his skinny little chest puff out as he gave a firm handshake like a man. “Henry Young.”

Then Mr. Gallagher turned to her, and Betha took in the neatly combed brown hair, straight white teeth, and . . . dimples? Surely a man with dimples couldn’t be a slave driver of a teacher, could he? He was clean-shaven, but the shadow on his jaw and lines on the outer corners of his eyes told her he wasn’t fresh out of college. Hopefully that meant he could hold his own in a classroom of energetic boys.

He reached his hand to her with a real smile. “Colm Gallagher.” His accent revealed that he was just as American as she was. Maybe he had never seen Ireland with his own eyes either.

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Excerpt One: http://kid-lit.library-lady.blog/epic-book-launch-and-excerpt-weaving-roots/
Excerpt Two: https://www.amoderndayfairytale.net/2024/06/weaving-roots-epic-book-launch.html
Excerpt Three: https://blossomsandblessings.blogspot.com/2024/06/weaving-roots-by-heather-wood-epic-book.html
Excerpt Four: https://storiesbygina.com/2024/06/06/weaving-roots-epic-book-launch-with-celebrate-lit-publicity/
Excerpt Five: https://www.guildmaster97.com/posts/weaving-roots-epic-book-launch/
Excerpt Six: https://montanamade.weebly.com/tell-tale-book-reviews/epic-book-launch-weaving-roots-by-heather-wood

Excerpt Seven: https://carolkeen.blogspot.com/2024/05/weaving-roots-epic-book-launch.html

About the Author

Heather Wood grew up in the Chicago suburbs, loving history, classic literature, writing stories, and Civil War reenacting. After obtaining her bachelor’s degree in Bible/Theology from Appalachian Bible College, she settled in Virginia with her husband David. Her early passions fuel her writing today, although she spends most of her days now working to infuse her love for God and good literature into the hearts of her four children.