Return to Crutcher Mountain

<p>As recounted in <em>Appalachian Justice</em> Jessie is an adult survivor of horrendous childhood abuse. At the age of thirteen she was rescued by reclusive mountain woman Billy May Platte. Now forty-seven Jessie is outwardly successful but inwardly struggles to reconcile the broken pieces of her past.</p><p>In honor of Billy May Jessie has offered Crutcher Mountain as a location to build the Platte Lodge for Children a wilderness retreat and respite program designed for children with disabilities. Everything comes together beautifully until a series of strange events threatens to shut down the retreat. To save the lodge Jessie must open her heart to the truths she discovers and place her trust in a lonely little boy.</p>