by Sharyn McCrumb, Candace Thaxton
Great use of language and sense of place. Unfortunately I thought the pacing leaves something to be desired.
Ellendor Robbins is a wife and mother in the Appalachian Mountains in 1936. When her husband unexpectedly dies, she’s faced with raising her two young sons alone. She must decide whether to return to her brother-in-law’s home as a charity relative or try to take on her husband’s job, which was sher...