Why a Booktrail?
1953: A story of war from the Basque country to California
The Sheep Walker’s Daughter
What you need to know before your trail
In 1953, a war widow’s difficult mother dies before revealing the identity of her daughter’s father and his cultural heritage. As Dee sorts through what little her mother left, she unearths puzzling clues that raise more questions: Why did Leora send money every month to the Basque Relief Agency? Why is her own daughter so secretive about her soon-to-be published book? And what does an Anglican priest know that he isn’t telling?
All of this head-spinning mystery breaks a long, dry period in Dee’s life and leads her to embark on an odyssey. She might just as well lose her job and see where the counsel of her new spiritual advisor and the attentions of an enigmatic ex-coworker lead her.
Locations
Reset- America/ USA - CA
- A: Santa Clara Valley
- B: Central Valley
- Spain - Basque Country
- C: Guernica history museum
Travel Guide
BookTrail life amongst the Basque Community in California
This novel is a close fictional view of the Basque community in California’s valleys in the 1950’s. Santa Clara is known as the Valley of the Heart’s Delight! It’s a stunning landscape for such a painful and tragic story of the Spanish Civil War and its consequences.
Primarily a novel about character and people, the setting is one that is constantly revived and remembered by those in the California valleys. This is a story about memories and more:
“The things we leave behind aren’t important. What’s important are the memories we carry forward and what we do because of them.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Sheep Walker’s Daughter
Destination/location: California, The Basque Country Author/Guide: Sydney Avey Departure Time: 1950s
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