Author Visit with Beth Kanell | June 20, 6:30 PM

Friday June 20

6:30 PM

Author Beth Kanell will discuss her newest book
“The Bitter and the Sweet”, Book 3 in the “Winds of Freedom” series.

Learn about her research into the background for the story.

Home-brewed medicines, a mysterious family of women making them, and a threat to the local funding of the Abolition movement: 15-year-old Almyra Alexander struggles with all of these, as well as adapting to the rough, unpolished life in a northern Vermont village. She’s determined to become a minister, like her politically involved but very absent father. Moving in with her aunt and uncle in Vermont seems the quickest way toward the higher education she craves, and a pulpit of her own. 

Set in 1854 it includes fictional visits with the Johnson family in Peacham. Their role as advocates for the abolition of slavery are important to the story. The story also explores counterfeiting, and women’s roles in community health.