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Cabin #4
In Jacob's Shadow
A young woman from the city is searching for her family in the mountains of West Virginia and is seeking knowledge from her past that could unlock the mysteries in her life.
332 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2004
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C.J. Henderson
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C.J. Henderson is a lover of mystery. She was blessed with a rich imagination that allows her to guide her readers, through many twists and turns of plot, deeply into her books. Many readers say they are able to see an actual movie transpiring in their mind as they read, so vivid are C.J.'s descriptions.
C.J. was raised in the small town of Farmington, West Virginia. High points in her early life were long trips to visit family who lived in remote areas of Appalachia. Over time, this environment became as familiar to her as her own modern home, and gradually she was introduced to many families whose homes in the outback were scattered miles apart.
A typical visit included hours of walking with a group of friends and cousins from house to house, looking for something to do. In those years, there were no televisions or telephones to keep the girls occupied. Just like young people everywhere, the group invented games and told tales. Just as she had observed her father doing for many years, C.J. kept her companions entertained for hours with her stories, in which she combined her own imagination with real-life events that played out in the isolated and poverty-stricken mountain culture. C.J. married just out of high school and lived on a farm, putting off her longing to write and attend college.
She raised two sons, and as they matured, she attended night school at Fairmont State College, and later at Parkersburg Community College. Years later her position as a land agent for Equitable Gas Company took her to even more remote and isolated regions where she had spent time as a child. She found nothing had changed. The impoverished still had no higher education available to them. Also, they lived without electricity, inside plumbing, telephones, television, and other conveniences. This renewed knowledge of their extraordinary lifestyle fueled her desire to create stories about that parallel world of people who live alongside us but remain separate at the same time.
After she resigned from her job with the utility company, C.J. moved to the West Coast and spent three years writing and setting the groundwork for the six novels in The Cabin Series. When she returned to West Virginia, she drew on her experience as a realtor and as a land acquisition agent to open her own real estate company, Pickett Fences Realty in Fairmont, WV. Although C.J. still operates her realty company, we are fortunate she is continuing to write and publish her novels.
C.J. Henderson is a lover of mystery. She was blessed with a rich imagination that allows her to guide her readers, through many twists and turns of plot, deeply into her books. Many readers say they are able to see an actual movie transpiring in their mind as they read, so vivid are C.J.'s descriptions.
C.J. was raised in the small town of Farmington, West Virginia. High points in her early life were long trips to visit family who lived in remote areas of Appalachia. Over time, this environment became as familiar to her as her own modern home, and gradually she was introduced to many families whose homes in the outback were scattered miles apart.
A typical visit included hours of walking with a group of friends and cousins from house to house, looking for something to do. In those years, there were no televisions or telephones to keep the girls occupied. Just like young people everywhere, the group invented games and told tales. Just as she had observed her father doing for many years, C.J. kept her companions entertained for hours with her stories, in which she combined her own imagination with real-life events that played out in the isolated and poverty-stricken mountain culture. C.J. married just out of high school and lived on a farm, putting off her longing to write and attend college.
She raised two sons, and as they matured, she attended night school at Fairmont State College, and later at Parkersburg Community College. Years later her position as a land agent for Equitable Gas Company took her to even more remote and isolated regions where she had spent time as a child. She found nothing had changed. The impoverished still had no higher education available to them. Also, they lived without electricity, inside plumbing, telephones, television, and other conveniences. This renewed knowledge of their extraordinary lifestyle fueled her desire to create stories about that parallel world of people who live alongside us but remain separate at the same time.
After she resigned from her job with the utility company, C.J. moved to the West Coast and spent three years writing and setting the groundwork for the six novels in The Cabin Series. When she returned to West Virginia, she drew on her experience as a realtor and as a land acquisition agent to open her own real estate company, Pickett Fences Realty in Fairmont, WV. Although C.J. still operates her realty company, we are fortunate she is continuing to write and publish her novels.
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December 13, 2021
Good job West Virginia girl!
Growing up in the very same area as Ms Henderson makes it even more a treat to read her books. We have ALL here in the mountainous areas of West Virginia known someone just like most of her characters. You find yourself trying to figure out which town or areas her fictional places are based upon. I've really enjoyed these books and, like all her fans, am looking forward to the next book in the series!
Growing up in the very same area as Ms Henderson makes it even more a treat to read her books. We have ALL here in the mountainous areas of West Virginia known someone just like most of her characters. You find yourself trying to figure out which town or areas her fictional places are based upon. I've really enjoyed these books and, like all her fans, am looking forward to the next book in the series!
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