Omie Lee Silar and her mamma Kate were descended from a line of women with the Sight—a knowing of things to come, of secrets hidden beneath life’s surface. Midwives and healers, they used their gifts to lessen the suffering of those living and those spirits hovering between. Had Omie been able to read the portents at the bottom of her own teacup, she might have borne less suffering herself. Perhaps when she saw, as her mother predicted, the face of the man she was to marry, she only sensed the sweetness that overlaid the sorrows to come.

In this sequel to Omie’s Well, Omie Silar and her mamma Kate continue their healing work, bringing life into the world and ministering to those in need. The Sight brings with it the gift of seeing what’s to come, what must be done, and the knowledge that some answers rest only in the hands of the Creator. The children are shaped by the gifts and challenges of their legacies, growing into the people they are meant to be. Nate strives to be a responsible husband and father but struggles with his own father’s demons. Amid the challenges of farming in rural Georgia, Prohibition, and the Great Depression, through new life emerging and loved ones passing, their deep bonds of love endure. Set among the wonders of the natural world in rural Georgia and the graceful beauty of Savannah, The Deer Stone pulls you back into a simpler time, rich in the culture and humor native to the deep south.