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A compelling continuance to the first book Dream Mountain, the Cole family continues on with their lives. Once again, the patience of the characters is tried tremendously, helping them to realize what's most important. Is it love, money, or something else? This simple, country-folk of the fifties, go through changes beyond anything they ever dreamed. That's when reality slaps them in the face. Lizzy's so-called dream, turns into a nightmare, leaving her only two places to turn to--prayer and the mountain she loved so much. With the thought that miracles do happen, this family sits and waits to see if, once more, the mountain's power will come alive again. It is said that change is good, but sometimes, it confuses the mind and dictates the future without control. In this book, this family pulls together and turns a crisis into a miracle. In that, the truth is seen, and the power of love and family, is no longer taken for granted, but treasured instead. In the end, it goes to show, there's nothing more powerful than the power of love, and also, that dreams are only dreams, until you make them a reality.Carry on with the Cole family in the next book of the series, Lessons of the Heart, and keep up with this family and what comes next in their all too simple life.

In this novel, Buried, But Not Forgotten, Beth Laney is a girl who transforms into a woman so very quickly. She grew into an adult far quicker than she expected. A combination of feeling lost and alone left her vulnerable and confused for a while until she came across a few people who became very important to her, a few more important than she would ever imagine. And everything that seemed uncertain and mixed up in her life, little by little begin to fall into place like missing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, scattered and strewn throughout her entire life until that point.There are many types of losses, but some are more devastating than others. Some things can be gotten over in a matter of time, but other things seem to linger and remain, testing time to the limit. And sometimes, burying something doesn't always mean it's gone forever. You can bury a person, a feeling, a all of these things can explain where Beth reaches her peak in experiencing what life is truly about. Instead of thinking that fear and hopelessness rule a heart, Beth finds out that there is love, friendship, and hope for a future. But it takes facing the unseen to let her see things more clearly. Many things can be buried, but a few things will remain etched in the mind forever, and so it was. Her mind became like a piece of stone in history, knowing the truth, but getting past it. And still, to Beth, those things are Buried, But Not Forgotten.

This book is about the Cole family in the mid 50's and their struggles.