The Whispered Teachings of Grandmother Trout

On the surface, Ali Stephenson has it all--a secure position at Southern Style Magazine, where she's risen to the ranks of managing editor with all the trappings that a six-figure salary makes possible and a clear route to take over her mentor and friend's role as publisher. She has good friends, practices yoga daily, and takes long strolls on the beach near her home on the Chesapeake Bay. Her life is set, predictable. But something is missing... When Ali is sent off to deep South Texas to write about fly fishing on the Lower Laguna Madre, she has no idea that her life is about to change drastically--and that, by facing much of the past she has kept at bay, she will be given the opportunity to melt the fortress she has spent years building around her heart. Will she embrace the opportunity? Like many women, Ali has a history of choosing unavailable men, an inevitable consequence of her childhood wounding by an abusive father who murdered her mother, leaving her to be raised by her grandparents on a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains. However, all of that changes when feisty fly fishing lodge owner Mama Kate, who has a deep devotion to the divine feminine, challenges Ali to fac¬¬e the hauntings of her past and embrace her inner wisdom. Ali's journey is one of both learning and practicing self-trust in the midst of navigating the adventurous call of the unknown--of all that could be. And will she answer that call?