About the Book: Filled with tantalizing recipes, Hearth & Home is so much more than a typical cookbook. Within these pages, the reader is challenged to find meaning at its deepest level—holiness and wholeness in Christ. Amongst the journaled reflections, inspirational quotes, and nutritional recipes, you can almost smell the irresistible aroma of fresh-baked, whole wheat bread. Hearth & Home is about life, about family, and about the fullness God invites us to enjoy.

Makes an ideal gift for any homemaker, especially a newlywed!About the author:

About the Author: Karey Swan was born in Salzburg, Austria, and raised in Colorado and Arizona. She studied nutrition and landscape architecture at the University of Arizona. Karey is a life-long learner and has studied harder after her formal schooling, teaching herself subjects ranging from beekeeping to theology. Her greatest creative passions are homemaking, textile art, gardening, and writing.

Karey married her husband Monte in 1975 and traveled and explored the western U.S. with their young children before settling in the Colorado mountains in 1983. Shortly after settling into Colorado, Karey designed their house around a family kitchen, good books, and the constant sounds of music. Together, Karey and Monte cultivate relationships through hospitality and a constant passion for communicating a biblical worldview to people.

Karey and Monte decided to homeschool before their first child was born and have had a significant ministry to homeschool families. Karey had a regular radio spot called The Heart of the Home, which aired on the nationally broadcasted Home Education Network (HEN). Conference attendees say that the Swans' words and music sparkle like a mountain stream—clear, natural, and real.

Since the early 1980s, Karey's focus has been on the family. Karey brings to the Christian community a fresh new vision for the family and parenting.