Across the Blue Ridge Mountains is a deeply researched novel firmly based in history that captures how a woman, regardless of time period, has to live by the fateful decisions she makes and how resilience and showing up to the table are her only ways forward. Through her life's journey, a stream of characters appear that reflects the best and worst in her but inevitably force her to grow in ways she may not be ready for. Ultimately, her inner strength must rise to meet many challenges.