A Country Mile

Katy sat on the old stone bench, scrubbed of its mold, and wished she could warn all those eager faces waiting to return to the old town, the old farm, the old ways that nostalgia is an extravagance to be enjoyed frugally. "When you return home," she would explain," stand close enough to enjoy the glow of the hearth fire but not so close as to be scarred and maimed for life. When you leave a place where all your yesterdays are buried deep, visit briefly, leave fast, and never turn back."

A Country Mile is the story of Katy, who has yearned for many years to return to her family home in Tennessee, to an historic plantation that served as a military hospital duringr the Civil War. The story, at times tender, at times violent, is set against a background of local color. The romance is vivid and the message reiiterates Thomas Wolfe's lament that one can never go home.

Author: Dickinson Maxwell Dickinson
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 02/24/2010
Pages: 252
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9781450211192

About the Author
Maxwell Dickinson, was raised on an Arabian horse farm in Middle Tennessee, where her observations and first hand experiences among both aristocrats and farmers gives credence and color to this touching novel of homecoming. Steeped in the strict caste system of the south and its wariness of strangers, she brings a personal clarity and sensitivity to this romantic story. After moving to California as a teenager, Maxi spent many years competing in horse shows, playing polo and winning the United States Sweepstakes in Competitive Endurance Racing. She played guitar at guest ranches, toured with her Country-Western band, has written many articles for magazines, and won "Excellence in Writing" awards at Santa Barbara Writer's Conference. These varied professional experiences and a constant yearning to "return home" add a personal insight into understanding the frustrations and happiness of the heroine who returns home to disprove Thomas Wolfe's maxim, You Can't Go Home Again. Maxwell now lives happily on a small ranch in California with her loyal dogs and Mini horses. Author of: Big Lick Walking Horses Bandana Country Suds, Around the World on a Horse You Kin Do It, Chile

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