Ruins & Reading

Today, I'm delighted to welcome author Vicky Adin to Ruins & Reading. We're sharing an enticing excerpt from her compelling new novel, Sarah's Destiny . If you enjoy sweeping historical women's fiction, you'll want to read on. Sarah's Destiny is currently on blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club. Find other fascinating tour stops  HERE !    Sarah’s Destiny The Ancestors by Vicky Adin Excerpt: March 1861   Nonplussed, Sarah sat staring at the enumerator, trying to take in what he was saying.   “I need to list the details of everyone who resides in this dwelling on this day: their names, age, gender, marital status, occupation and where born, starting with the Head of the Household. Who is the head?”   She struggled to know how to answer, not the actual questions, although she sometimes wondered who the head was, but the intent. According to law, ostensibly her father was the head because he was the oldest male, but in fact, she now ran the bu...