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Book Review of Tara's Healing

Tara's Healing
Tara's Healing
Author: Janice Holt Giles
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Giles was one of the finest of Kentucky narrative fiction writers of the 20th century, along with Jesse Stuart.
This is the story of Tara Cochrane, a WWII veteran doctor with his own spiritual/psychological issues to solve. He winds up in very rural Kentucky trying to understand life from a point of community view that is almost gone from our midst. There is a lot of depth in Giles writing as she explores her characters and the nature of healing.
This is the third of the Piney Ridge trilogy. You will want to read them all.