Barefoot Alice
Publisher: Indie
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Ontario, Canada
Language: eng
Format: paperback, digital, large print
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9798716233928
Copyright date: 2021
Table of contents: title: “Beautifully written, it is an enchanting story that I will read again and again.” Reader’s Favorite ~ 5 Stars; title: “BarefootAlice” is a heart-warming tale of one woman’s journey of loves, lost and found, of discovering ancestral ties and the magical interconnection with life.; title: Dumped by her husband and homeless, middle-aged Alice finds herself at the Rail Stop Café in a northern gold mining ghost town during a snowstorm.; title: Surrounded by wilderness and a strange community at Golden Lake, Alice finds shelter in a 200-year-old schoolhouse with its ethereal teacher and students. Facing the inevitability of a life alone, she unravels legacy secrets with the help of a kindly old man, the community around and a mysterious wilderness man. She encounters descendants of Dr. Barnardo’s British HomeChildren, gold rush fever, an unconsecrated baby burial, ghost hunting tourists and infringing upscale cottage estates.; title: Befriended by the old schoolhouse ghosts and community, Alice is challenged to survive and overcome a lonely life.; title: Alice’s heartwarming journey celebrates the life-affirming qualities of resilience, the importance of community; of this world and spirit world, and the power of love to change lives.