Renea Winchester will present her new novel, “The Mountains Remember,” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.
Sadie Bird lives in Shaconage, North Carolina, supporting herself by harvesting medicinal plants for tonics and salves. Recently widowed and having buried her children, she worries more about surviving winter than the federal government’s plan to create Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
When government agent Bowman Marks arrives to acquire land for the park, he makes Sadie an offer she refuses. Determined to protect her family’s graves and her home, Sadie vows to fight for her land by any means necessary.