Daughters of Green Mountain Gap

WINNER of the 2024 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book

An Appalachian granny woman. A daughter on a crusade. A granddaughter caught between the two.

Maggie McCoury, a generational healer woman, relies on family traditions, folklore, and beliefs gleaned from a local Cherokee tribe. Her daughter, Carrie Ann, believes her university training holds the answers. As they clash over the use of roots, herbs, and a dash of mountain magic versus the medicine available in the town's apothecary, Josie Mae doesn't know whom to follow. But what happens when neither family traditions nor science can save the ones you love most?

Daughters of Green Mountain Gap weaves a compelling tale of Maggie, Carrie Ann, and Josie Mae, three generations of remarkable North Carolina women living at the turn of the twentieth century, shedding light on racism, fear of change, loss of traditions, and the intricate dynamics within a family. Author Teri M. Brown skillfully navigates the complexities of their lives, revealing that some questions are not as easy to answer as one might think.

Also the winner of the following Awards:

2025 Literary Global Book Awards - Historical Fiction Winner

IAN Book of the Year Winner - Pre-20th Century Historical Fiction

IAN Book of the Year Finalist - Women's Fiction

2026 North Carolina Reads Title

2025 Reader Views Literary Awards - Gold - Historical Fiction

The Tyler R. Tichelaar Award for Best Historical Fiction

Global Spines Book Award Winner

2024 Readers Favorite Award - Gold in Historical Fiction

2025 Feathered Quill Book Awards - Gold - Women's Fiction

2024 BREW Fiction Book Excellence Award - Historical Fiction of the Year

Royal Dragonfly Book Awards - 1st Place - Historical Fiction

International Firebird Book Award - First Place Women's Fiction

2024 Readers Favorite Award - Gold in Historical Fiction

2024 BookFest Awards - First Place Historical Fiction

NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Books in Historical Fiction

The Difference Maker Badge

2024 HFC Book of the Year - Hawthorne US - Silver Award

Literary Global Book Awards - Historical Fiction Finalist

2024 Author Shout Reader Ready Awards - Top Pick

Autumn 2024 Readers' Choice Book Awards - Silver Best Adult Book

2024 American Writing Awards - Historical Fiction Finalist

2024 American Fiction Awards - Historical Fiction Finalist

2024 International Impact Book Awards Winner

2024 Zibby Awards - Best Book for the History Lover

​​​​​​​Book Excellence Award Winner - Historical Fiction

2025 Incipere Awards - First Place Women's Fiction & First Place Place Historical Fiction

2025 Maxy Awards for Historical Fiction - Finalist

National Indie Excellence Awards - Finalist Historical Fiction