Finding Juniper by Cindy Thomson | Book Excerpt

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About Finding Juniper

Title: Finding Juniper
Author: Cindy Thomson
Publisher: Emerald Path Press
Release Date: January 2, 2025
Genre: Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction

For Patrick Doyle, the claim that time heals all wounds is a cruel lie.

In 1920, returning from WWI, Paddy finds Ireland creeping toward civil war. Invisible borders separate people, including Paddy and his pregnant girlfriend. With few prospects, Paddy sails to America. However, America is far from the land of opportunity he’d hoped for. And worse, his girl refuses to follow him because of her political involvement.

Thirty years later, Patrick has moved on with his life, building a new family. A letter arrives, suggesting the child he’d assumed died may be alive. Patrick’s American daughter Mardell pushes him to find out what happened to her sister, named Juniper. Patrick anxiously sails to Ireland.

Juniper endured a childhood in institutions, and when she’s released, she moves on without the parents who left her. Operating an apothecary out of an inherited cottage where villagers are slow to trust outsiders, Juniper finally finds a home when her grandmother arrives. Just as she feels comfortable and content, her father shows up at her door, bringing shocking news about her mother.

Finding Juniper invites readers on a journey of confronting the past, healing from old traumas, and redefining what family truly means.

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Book Excerpt

Patrick

Early April 1950, Golden, Ohio

Patrick stood at the mailbox and examined the envelope in his hand. Addressed to Paddy
Doyle and postmarked Ireland. Who back there had anything to say to him after all these years?
His mother had been dead for decades. He flipped the letter from one hand to the other. A
long-lost relative? A distant cousin, perhaps. Patrick slid his finger under the seal and removed
the paper inside. The handwriting was crude, so unlike the florid script written with a fountain
pen on the outside. This was a child’s pencil scrawling. Peering at the words, he had to steady
himself against the mailbox post. He glanced up and gazed at rows of budding green stalks
dotting the cornfield across the way.

The one thing. The only thing that could ever make him return to Ireland was written on the
paper. But was it real? Could his child have actually written this?

To my Da, whoever you were,

You left me. I want you to come back and say why. Why did you go away, Da? Because I am
not a boy? I’m ugly? Too dirty? Too sick? Too poor? I wish you’d come back but you can’t.

About the Author

Known for the inspirational Celtic theme employed in most of her books, Cindy Thomson is the author of both fiction and nonfiction. A genealogy enthusiast, she writes from her home in Ohio where she lives with her husband Tom near their three grown sons and their families.

Connect with Cindy by visiting cindyswriting.com to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.

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(1) winner will receive a silver leaf necklace and an e-copy of Finding Juniper!

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