Carlisle is a big city doctor who has worked hard to create a new life for herself in the city when fate calls her back to the small hometown where she vowed to never return. Upon arriving, she maps a new life for herself and gains a deeper appreciation for the rural life of her foremothers by way of their journals. Schriener Road tells the story of five generations of farm wives in the Schriener family. Their lives span the twentieth century and beyond as wars, social unrest and personal trials interweave to form five chapters of a single story. WandaLovesBooks says "This book is an amazing multi-generational journey of life, laughter, love and strength..."