
In the midst of the Great Depression, Cassandra (Cass) Scheimer is trying to keep the family farm afloat in the Big Woods of Wisconsin…alone. As a local midwife and struggling backwoods doctor, she certainly doesn’t need more mouths to feed.
Stephanie Evans is a widow enceinte with her third child. She accepts a kind stranger’s offer of marriage in exchange for keeping house for him…but he never shows up to claim her. While dealing with unrequited guilt and the desperation of impoverished motherhood, falling in love with Cass is the least of her worries.
For Cass, having been in love with a woman once before, she feels it couldn’t possibly happen twice. When it does, Cass is convinced the love cannot be returned. Can she and Stephanie keep it hidden from the prying eyes of children and the meddling neighbors in this small rural community?
Can Cass deal with the guilt she feels over her brother’s injury, an injury that prevents him from doing his duty for their country? Joining the Nursing Corps may put too much stress on her newfound relationship with Stephanie. The woman who returns from the war and the woman left behind on the farm are not the same people who once fell in love. Can they return to being lovers after years spent apart? Destiny put them in each other’s path, but World War II has them tearing apart.
This is The Journey Home.

This happens to be one of ‘favorite’ babies. The farmhouse I used in this story actually exists and I was born into it. It’s located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was my mother’s favorite home. I think, due to her stories of the Depression Era, this story took shape from my recollections. My aunt was stationed in Hawaii, as a nurse after the Japanese bombed it. I just enjoy this story, even hearing it read to me by the incredible voice of Cassandra Arnold. It is just a coincidence that the main character’s name is Cass, which I took after a childhood friend named Cassandra. Enjoy this wonderful narration of my beloved story, The Journey Home ~ K’A. M
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