Patricia Woodard Synan, along with her husband, David Woodard, owned and operated a small country store on the border of West Virginia and Virginia. Here she met and became friends...view morePatricia Woodard Synan, along with her husband, David Woodard, owned and operated a small country store on the border of West Virginia and Virginia. Here she met and became friends with many colorful mountain people of which she writes. This is her first book. After David's untimely death in 2004, she sold the store to her son. She has since remarried and lives on Peeled Chestnut Mountain outside of Pocahontas, Virginia with her husband, Russell.view less