Memoir reimagined
A vintage portrait on a cell phone.
Ghostly handwriting on a cabin wall.
Tonya drops you into the world of her ancestors.
As you step into her stories, your own history comes closer than ever.
an award-winning DEBUT
by Tonya Cole
What readers are saying
“Tonya’s inspiring book reminds us all of the power and importance of connecting with our ancestors.”
Louise Karch, award-winning author
"In a deftly woven multi-generational family story that fuses memory and imagination, Tonya Cole invites readers to join her where ‘...the knowledge is intimate,’ and gives the pioneer life of her foremother Fannie its due place in the annals.”
Margaret O’Brien, author of
Weather Report
Great read, part historic family portrait and part process of writing one! Cole takes liberties beautifully filling in the gaps of her ancestors that have alluded her and her family over the years. Heartwarming, sad, funny and heroic. Amazing if this is her first published work. She knocked it out of the park.”
Peter R., Amazon review
Tonya Cole
Tonya is a professional creative whose talents and skills have found life in many mediums: parenting, small business, marketing, and now, authorship.
In 2023 she won an Honorable Mention for The Questioning. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, twin teenagers, and two dogs.
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