Brenda K. Thompson

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Brenda K. Thompson is the author of Alice Anyway and Ivaleena , two emotionally resonant Appalachian novels of resilience, self-discovery, and belonging. Alice Anyway became a #1 Amazon Bestseller in Women’s Historical Fiction, Historical Literary Fiction, and Women’s Literary Fiction. Readers call her “a gifted writer with an insight that is seldom expressed so eloquently” and praise her “lyrical writing that made me reread whole paragraphs in appreciation.”

A former Wall Street professional and founder of Special “Finds…” Unique Property Marketing, Brenda now writes full-time from the North Carolina coast, where she lives with her husband, Jim. Her stories explore women’s quiet courage and the beauty found in ordinary lives.

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Brenda K. Thompson Hi Paul, The Glens is a fictitious place, but it’s meant to echo the spirit of the Appalachian Mountain region. The Appalachian Trail itself is a shad…moreHi Paul, The Glens is a fictitious place, but it’s meant to echo the spirit of the Appalachian Mountain region. The Appalachian Trail itself is a shady footpath winding for more than 2,000 miles, and I’ve only walked short sections of it. In 2012, though, I walked the 500-mile Camino de Santiago across northern Spain—all by myself!

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Brenda K. Thompson If I had sold everything except the few things needed for a life living aboard a sailboat, would I be alive today?
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Alice’s Journey Continues With You

Some stories never really leave us. Alice Anyway has been that kind of story for me.

I leave Alice in your hands, the hands of those who will read her, those who may love her. But I will admit, it is hard for me to let her go. She has walked so closely with me that she feels woven into my own soul.

She has been part of my daily life, keeping me awake at night, pulling me from sleep at odd hours to t Read more of this blog post »
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“Grief lingered. Her toes clung to the crumbling edge… The wind would carry her, or it
wouldn’t. The water would catch her, or it wouldn’t. Either way, it didn’t really matter.”
Brenda K. Thompson, Alice Anyway

“I want to raise a son… one who’ll grow up strong in the Lord, who’ll carry the Whitlow
name with pride… but what if it’s a girl?”
Brenda K. Thompson, Alice Anyway

“Have you ever wondered what it means to belong to someone?” he asked.
“A woman needs a covering.”
Brenda K. Thompson, Alice Anyway

“Grief lingered. Her toes clung to the crumbling edge… The wind would carry her, or it
wouldn’t. The water would catch her, or it wouldn’t. Either way, it didn’t really matter.”
Brenda K. Thompson, Alice Anyway

“…a woman’s home ought to reflect her obedience, not just her effort.”
Brenda K. Thompson, Alice Anyway

“I want to raise a son… one who’ll grow up strong in the Lord, who’ll carry the Whitlow
name with pride… but what if it’s a girl?”
Brenda K. Thompson, Alice Anyway

“Have you ever wondered what it means to belong to someone?” he asked.
“A woman needs a covering.”
Brenda K. Thompson, Alice Anyway

“If youth is the season of hope, it is often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful about us; for no age is so apt as youth to think its emotions, partings, and resolves are the last of their kind. Each crisis seems final, simply because it is new. We are told that the oldest inhabitants in Peru do not cease to be agitated by the earthquakes, but they probably see beyond each shock, and reflect that there are plenty more to come.”
George Eliot, Middlemarch

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