Song of Sourwood Mountain
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5.0 • 4 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
While 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. And all at once the doors that had seemed firmly shut begin to open, just a crack.
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 will end up becoming the family she always dreamed of.
From the pen of bestselling author Ann H. Gabhart comes a heartwarming story of the unexpected blessings that can come when we dare to follow the Lord's leading.
Customer Reviews
Joyful to have found this author!
Am housebound as a hurricane Debby roars up the Gulfcoast of Florida. Alarms go off as the weather service warns of tornadoes, spawned by the hurricane, keep us snugged up in interior closets! What a comfort the faith of this book’s characters have meant during this trial. Growing up in the South, often summer vacationing in the Appalachian mountains, I met men and women like those in this book. Guess what I am taking along time to say is, “Thank you, Ann Gabhart, for Song of Sourwood Mountain.”
What a Trip to Appalachia!
From the suspicious and cantankerous to the grieving and misunderstood, Ann H Gabhart flawlessly pens a character driven story filled with insights into the Appalachian culture of the early 1900s. I felt like I was living with these characters, scaling the Kentucky hills, and struggling with its occupants to obtain food, shelter and warmth. I also came to empathize with the frequent heartache they endured.
This story helped me gain a sense of the vastly different cultures of this time and location. I truly loved sweet, ten year old Ada June and her dog, Bo. Her life, I’m sure, mimicked those true survivors that were cared for by relatives, neighbors and Appalachia itself. The courage she displayed, along with that of Mira in moving to this unknown place and the other brave women dispersed throughout this story, was inspiring and challenging. I enjoyed every minute of this story of God’s providence and grace.
This book is suitable for teens and older with no inappropriate intimate scenes and no bad language. I received this book from the author/publisher free of charge, with no expectation of a positive review.
Endearing
The Song of Sourwood Mountain is a story that immediately had me loving the kaleidoscope of characters that paraded across the pages and settled right into my heart. Reminiscent of Catherine Marshall’s Christy, this story really brought the mountain culture of early-twentieth-century rural Kentucky to life for me. I couldn’t get enough of it! I couldn’t stop reading, as enamored with this book as I was, and am only sad that it couldn’t be even longer so that I could enjoy more of these characters’ lives and spend more time with them!
Gordon, Mina and Ada June had me tangled up around all of their fingers and hoping that they could all have the desires of their hearts and the happiness and love that they each so desperately craved! Author Ann H. Gabhart has penned an absolute keeper with this novel! It was my first by her, but it most certainly will not be my last!