When the Mountain Crumbled by Angela K. Couch ~ a book review

 

 

I have been given the opportunity to review an Advanced Reader Copy of this book from Barbour Publishing and Netgalley.  This is the fouth of five books in their “A Day to Remember” series.

This book is set in the early 1900’s and is based on an actual event and an actual town. The town of Frank was a mining town situated in the Canadian Rockies.  The mudslide disaster really happened.

Samantha has been hired as the school teacher for the town.  She is the typical stereotype “schoolmarm” and takes education very seriously.  She boards with the family of some of her students when the disaster strikes.  Their home is buried under the rocks and only Samantha and three daughters survive.  She is left with their care until other family members can be found. 

Nathan is a Mountie and also the uncle of the surviving children.  He makes it his mission to try to locate his brother and family.  When he does, he enlists Samantha’s help until he can make other arrangements.  They develop a common bond caring for the girls and their shared faith draws them closer.

Nathan’s siblings arrive and plan to take charge of the children but plan to divide them amongst each other. Nathan, being single, is deemed to be not appropriate to adopt them.  He and Samantha must work together to ensure the girls are together and loved.

This is a well written story, often sad but there are many happy moments showing that happiness can come out of devastating circumstances. The dialog is engaging and easy to follow.

Faith plays an important role in many of the characters lives. Samantha and Nathan share a deep faith that grows deeper as the story develops.

I look forward to reading other books by this author.

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I received a complimentary ARC  of this book from the publisher through Netgalley and their book review program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed  are my own.