The Woods at Barlow Bend
by Jodie Cain Smith

Based on the true story of a teenage girl who must forge her own life once the secrets of her parents are revealed.
One shot fired deep in the pine forests of her youth was all it took to change Hattie's life forever. At the age of fourteen, Hattie learns that her mother, Addie, is dead, and her father, Hubbard, stands accused of Addie's murder, along with countless other shocking betrayals. Overnight, Hattie becomes mother to her three siblings while still very much a child herself. The life she had dreamt of now seems impossible to achieve.
A 2022 Page Turner Awards Finalist!

How will Hattie break away from the father who prevents her from living the life she desperately wants?

Will her heart ever be able to heal in the height of The Great Depression?

Other Books by Jodie Cain Smith

Splintered Reeds
Brackish Waters Book 1

Jodie Cain Smith's Bio

Jodie Cain Smith is the Founder of the Mobile Literary Festival and author of The Woods at Barlow Bend (1st edition Deer Hawk Publications, Nov 2014; 2nd edition Kat Biggie Press, July 2021) and Bayou Cresting: The Wanting Women of Huet Pointe. Her upcoming work, Splintered Reeds, is her debut thriller from Aethon Thrills. Jodie Cain Smith's short stories, feature articles, and columns have appeared in The Petigru Review, Chicken Soup for the Military Spouse's Soul, The Savannah Morning News, and the Fort Hood Sentinel. When she is not creating southern fiction, Jodie can be found in the worlds of superheroes, Lego, and video games with her little boy and husband. Jodie has zero gaming skills.