A Feed Sack Dress for Sadie

Dressed like a princess, the little girl lifted a daffodil to her face. Then she disappeared.

She was stolen.

🏆 From Brenda K. Thompson, 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Awards First Place Grand Prize Winner for Fiction for Alice Anyway.

Sadie Lockhart grew up on the Lockhart farm, where silence was expected and usefulness passed for affection. Hidden deep in the hills, she was raised far from the world, and the Lockharts made certain no one knew she existed.

Years pass, and the child who learned to survive becomes a woman known for something very different. In a small town in The Glens, Sadie earns quiet respect for the way she works, the way she helps without being asked, and the steady kindness she offers while asking almost nothing in return.

But a life built on survival leaves shadows.

As pieces of the past begin to surface, Sadie must face truths long buried. What she discovers will force her to decide whether the life that was taken from her defines her, or the one she fought to build.

Set against the stark beauty of rural Appalachia, *A Feed Sack Dress for Sadie* is a haunting and deeply human novel about identity, endurance, and the quiet dignity of a woman who built a life from almost nothing.

Also by Brenda K. Thompson: the quiet, character-driven Appalachian novels Alice Anyway, Ivaleena, and Child H.