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Brenda K. Thompson

Literary Fiction Rooted in Grace, Grit, and Becoming

IVALEENA

Ivy Lee has spent her whole life unseen.

Until the night a traveling carnival rolls into town — and offers her a way out.

What begins as a single, daring choice becomes a journey into a wider world—where identity, longing, and courage collide, and the life she’s been given is no longer the one she’s willing to keep.

Available in hardcover, paperback and on Kindle, including Kindle Unlimited.

ALICE ANYWAY

📖 #1 Bestseller in Women’s Historical Fiction, Historical Literary Fiction & Women’s Literary Fiction

1940s Kentucky. A charismatic church. A quiet wife who’s done being obedient. Alice Anyway is a novel of quiet rebellion, buried grief, and one woman’s fight to reclaim her voice.

A FEED SACK DRESS FOR SADIE

📖Coming May, 2026

1940s Kentucky. A child stolen and hidden from the world.
A dress cut from a feed sack.
And a woman who spent her life surviving a past she could barely remember.

A Feed Sack Dress for Sadie is a haunting Appalachian story about identity, endurance, and the quiet strength it takes to build a life from almost nothing.

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