Tennessee Medicine Woman: A novel of survival among the Cherokee people

by Linda Chism

Stranded in the wilderness. Robbed of her husband. A lone white woman must find her own way among the Cherokee people in the years following the Revolutionary War.Rachel Chisholm never expected to use the folk medicine she learned at her mother’s knee among a people so different from her own. But when she inherits the role of Cherokee medicine woman, she willingly tends to the stricken Indians all around her. An unexpected mentor joins her in her journey of healing, encouraging her to abandon the white world and adopt his strange new culture as her own.But Rachel’s new life is suddenly rocked by the reappearance of the husband she thought long dead. Can this strong-willed Chisholm daughter choose between her duty to him and her love for the Cherokee people?Tennessee Medicine Woman is the third exciting chapter of the Chisholm Saga. If you love historical fiction with a healthy dose of adventure, you'll love this tale of survival on the Tennessee frontier. Add Tennessee Medicine Woman to your collection today.

140 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 15, 2023

About the author

Linda Chism is the Texas-based author of four novels: That Gentile Girl, A Test of Faith, San Bernardino Bound, and The Indenture. She has also authored five non-fiction anthologies.

Her magazine articles have appeared in Guideposts, Angels on Earth, the Local Profile, and the Garland Texan. In addition to her love of writing, she enjoys puttering in her garden, chasing down family history, and serving as a church historian.