The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik by Cline, Denise Smith
The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik by Cline, Denise Smith

The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik

At thirty years old and unmarried, Vesta Blonik's future looks bleak when her widowed father remarries, sells...
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Author: Denise Smith Cline
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik by Cline, Denise Smith

The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik

$71.99 $39.90
The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik by Cline, Denise Smith

The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik

$71.99 $39.90
Author: Denise Smith Cline
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
At thirty years old and unmarried, Vesta Blonik's future looks bleak when her widowed father remarries, sells the family farm, and moves away during the depths of the Great Depression, leaving her behind. With winter approaching, she seeks shelter with her brother Josef and his wife, Eva, in a nearby town. The two women start a laundry business to make ends meet, but when Eva announces she's expecting a baby, Vesta realizes she must forge her own path. Meanwhile, in eastern North Carolina, Gordon Crenshaw is engulfed in despair after losing his wife and newborn during childbirth. Concerned for his well-being, his family commits him to Dix Hill, the state mental hospital. Struggling against his grief, Gordon's disruptive behavior leads his family to seek his release, but they learn he can only be discharged if a suitable caretaker is found. Through connections in the Carolinas and Minnesota, the Crenshaws find Vesta and pose as Gordon, and her suitor, through letters that hide the truth of his situation. When Vesta agrees to marry Gordon, unaware of the deception, she travels south, only to learn the full extent of the Crenshaws' lie after the wedding. Bound by necessity and circumstance, Vesta and Gordon must navigate their new life amid the tobacco fields of North Carolina, confronting their pasts and discovering the possibility of love in unexpected places.

Author: Denise Smith Cline
Publisher: Regal House Publishing
Published: 10/28/2025
Pages: 262
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781646036509

About the Author
Denise Cline is an upstate South Carolina native and practicing attorney in Raleigh, North Carolina. Denise's fiction and non-fiction has won awards from Carolina Woman, Salem College's 2014 International Literary Contest, and the 23rd Annual Carteret Writers' Contest. It has appeared in Prime Number, Carolina Woman, The Shoal, the Raleigh News & Observe
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