WINNER of the 2024 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book
An Appalachian granny woman. A daughter on a crusade. A granddaughter caught between the two.
Maggie McCoury, a generational healer woman, relies on family traditions, folklore, and beliefs gleaned from a local Cherokee tribe. Her daughter, Carrie Ann, believes her university training holds the answers. As they clash over the use of roots, herbs, and a dash of mountain magic versus the medicine available in the town's apothecary, Josie Mae doesn't know whom to follow. But what happens when neither family traditions nor science can save the ones you love most?
Daughters of Green Mountain Gap weaves a compelling tale of Maggie, Carrie Ann, and Josie Mae, three generations of remarkable North Carolina women living at the turn of the twentieth century, shedding light on racism, fear of change, loss of traditions, and the intricate dynamics within a family. Author Teri M. Brown skillfully navigates the complexities of their lives, revealing that some questions are not as easy to answer as one might think.
Also the winner of the following Awards:
2025 Literary Global Book Awards - Historical Fiction Winner
IAN Book of the Year Winner - Pre-20th Century Historical Fiction
IAN Book of the Year Finalist - Women's Fiction
2026 North Carolina Reads Title
2025 Reader Views Literary Awards - Gold - Historical Fiction
The Tyler R. Tichelaar Award for Best Historical Fiction
Global Spines Book Award Winner
2024 Readers Favorite Award - Gold in Historical Fiction
2025 Feathered Quill Book Awards - Gold - Women's Fiction
2024 BREW Fiction Book Excellence Award - Historical Fiction of the Year
Royal Dragonfly Book Awards - 1st Place - Historical Fiction
International Firebird Book Award - First Place Women's Fiction
2024 Readers Favorite Award - Gold in Historical Fiction
2024 BookFest Awards - First Place Historical Fiction
NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Books in Historical Fiction
The Difference Maker Badge
2024 HFC Book of the Year - Hawthorne US - Silver Award
Literary Global Book Awards - Historical Fiction Finalist
2024 Author Shout Reader Ready Awards - Top Pick
Autumn 2024 Readers' Choice Book Awards - Silver Best Adult Book
2024 American Writing Awards - Historical Fiction Finalist
2024 American Fiction Awards - Historical Fiction Finalist
2024 International Impact Book Awards Winner
2024 Zibby Awards - Best Book for the History Lover
Book Excellence Award Winner - Historical Fiction
2025 Incipere Awards - First Place Women's Fiction & First Place Place Historical Fiction
2025 Maxy Awards for Historical Fiction - Finalist
National Indie Excellence Awards - Finalist Historical Fiction
