Candace Simar

Shelterbelts Candace Simar

Publisher Marketing: Tia Fiskum, the old maid of Tolga Township, yearns to retain her hold on the family farm after her shell-shocked brother returns from World War II. The neighbor she hopes to marry chooses a town girl for his new wife. The Potato King listens to the radio preacher and prays for a miracle. Eddy Root fears a return to the asylum. A German war bride struggles to find acceptance in this tight-knit Scandinavian community. Woven throughout is the man who walks lizards, a grieving father, a disillusioned pastor, and the neighborhood gossipmonger. Shelterbelts chronicles the life of a community struggling to return to normal after war. This is a story true to history of those difficult times while rich in the complications of the human spirit. Contributor Bio:  Simar, Candace Candace Simar is a writer and poet from Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. As a life-long Minnesotan, the grandchild of immigrants, THE ABERCROMBIE TRAIL SERIES combines her love of history with stories of her Scandinavian heritage. Candace's historical fiction tells the story of Scandinavian immigrants in early Minnesota during the 1862 Sioux Uprising. ABERCROMBIE TRAIL tells the story of Evan Jacobson, a stagecoach driver, who witnesses the Sioux Uprising as he drives his route between Fort Snelling and Fort Abercrombie. POMME DE TERRE tells the story of Serena and Gust who lose everything in the uprising and relocate to Fort Pomme de Terre in the western part of the state. It also includes a Dakota POV and tells their tragic story of broken treaties and eviction from their homeland. BIRDIE continues the story of Evan and Inga eleven years later during the 1870s grasshopper plagues. BIRDIE received the 2012 Spur Award from the Western Writers of America. BLOOMING PRAIRIE, the fourth and final novel in the ABERCROMBIE TRAIL SERIES, was released September 2012 and continues the story of characters from previous books in the series.