I love the style of Barbara Kingsolver. Her writing is very evocative and places you right into the setting. I especially liked how each character's viewpoint was highlighted and how each of them dealt with life's obstacles in different ways. We can see a bit of ourselves in each situation. Beautifully written!
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An international bestseller and a modern classic, this suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and their remarkable reconstruction has been read, adored and shared by millions around the world.
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This story is told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959.
They carry with them everything they believe they will…
I had read Covenant of Water last year and this year wanted to read more from this author. I absolutely love this author's works. I especially liked learning SO much about medicine. It's fascinating! But moreso, I loved the characters. A story of love, life, loss, and secrets...all told beautifully!
My brother, Shiva, and I came into the world in the late afternoon of the twentieth of September in the year of grace 1954. We took our first breaths in the thick air of Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. Bound by birth, we were driven apart by bitter betrayal. No surgeon can heal the wound that divides two brothers. Where silk and steel fail, story must succeed. To begin at the beginning...
As a huge fan of history, I read a lot about Thomas Jefferson, but knew almost nothing about his daughter. What a fascinating woman! She truly played a large part in our Founding Father's legacy, but quietly and behind the scenes. Her life was one of adventure and duty. Loved this one!
In a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph--a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy.
From her earliest days, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, she becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of…
Twelve Chapters. Over a hundred years of memories.
"It's our way of remembering who we are."
Christmas Eve 1925 – Cades Cove, Tennessee, is alive with the sounds of cowbells, rifles, firecrackers, and love. A young couple courts under the unique Appalachian tradition of serenading, growing closer as the season unfolds. Aunt Becky Cable regales the community with stories of days gone by, while everyone tries to set aside the looming tension over the national park that threatens to take their land. What will they do if that happens? Where is their place in this new world?
But that worry is for another day. Tonight, after a Christmas tree decorating party and a school Christmas program, they run between houses, sing carols, and make memories that will last a lifetime. In the morning, they'll rise with the mountain mist, prepare for church, and go visiting on Christmas Day.
Join us in our beautiful valley for a very special Christmas Serenades - to remember where we came from, to hold on to our way of life―if only for tonight―while the glory and shadow of America's newest national park grows ever closer.
Let us all belong to where the mountains sing. For tonight. Forever.
