I’ve read a few books written by this author and have enjoyed them all. However; this one tops them all (so far). From the first page the reader is drawn into the lives of the characters.
The story opens with an unexpected proposal of marriage. Mira Dean’s fiancé has died and she has resigned herself to remaining single and childless. She finds contentment in her job as a teacher. When Gordon Covington comes back to town, he is no longer the young school boy she remembers. He is now a preacher and he hopes to convince her to marry him and help run his ministry in Eastern Kentucky. Mira turns him down, first because she is content in the life she has settled into and second because she barely knows him. All this changes when she finds out that she will lose her job and her home. In the early 1900’s, a young woman who is with out a family or job and no home is left with few options. She agrees to the marriage and moves to the remote town of Sourwood, trusting that God will provide for her.
The people of Sourwood have a lifestyle that she has never been exposed to before. Mira is unfamiliar with the mountain way of living and the mountain way of talking. The author does a wonderful job of respectfully portraying the folks that make up the community.
This is from the publisher's website:
"The doors she thought were closed forever are starting to open up . . . just a crack
Though the century began with such promise, it is 1910 when Mira Dean's hopes of being a wife and mother are dashed to pieces. Her fiancé dead from tuberculosis, Mira resigns herself to being a spinster schoolteacher--until Gordon Covington shows up.
No longer the boy she knew from school, Gordon is now a preacher who is full of surprises. First, he asks Mira to come to Sourwood in Eastern Kentucky to teach at his mission school. Second, he asks her to marry him. Just like that.
With much trepidation, Mira steps out in faith into a life she never imagined, in a place filled with its own special challenges, to serve a people who just might end up becoming the family she always yearned for."
Mira and Gordon face many uncertainties, hardships and blessings. Their faith helps them persevere and overcome.
This is one of those stories that you never want to end. I really hope this author revisits these endearing characters and Sourwood Mountain.
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I rarely give a book 5 stars, but this one is worth it!
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