Gail Cavanaugh is eighteen when she unearths a long-held family secret. Haunted by a persistent, ghostly voice inside her head, Gail is propelled west on a highway journey away from the father she’s always known. Guided by her ghost, searching for the truth about her origins, she lands broken-down in Sylver, a mountain town in Northwest Washington, half a continent away from home. Trapped and cashless, Gail is swept up in the lives of three people with their own tangled longings and imperfections. Their haunted yearning is a perfect match for Gail and her ghost. Amongst past and present secrets, Sylver becomes a place Gail can’t escape even years after she’s left for good. Unapologetically nostalgic, A Long-Forgotten Truth is an engrossing, road-bound literary novel, a startling debut, perfect for the wanderer in all of us.  Rachel Ballard received her Master’s of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University. Her work has been published in Pass the Fire: Stories about Service in America, and Jeopardy Magazine. She lives in the company of wonderful friends in beautiful Bellingham, Washington. A Long-Forgotten Truth is her first novel, as well as the first publication from her publisher, Rozlyn Press.  We're delighted to host a new Northwest talent!