Appalachian Song

Appalachian Song

by Michelle Shocklee

Narrated by Caroline Hewitt

Unabridged — 9 hours, 49 minutes

Appalachian Song

Appalachian Song

by Michelle Shocklee

Narrated by Caroline Hewitt

Unabridged — 9 hours, 49 minutes

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Overview

Forever within the memories of my heart.

Always remember, you are perfectly loved.

Bertie Jenkins has spent forty years serving as a midwife for her community in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Out of all the mothers she's tended, none affects her more than the young teenager who shows up on her doorstep, injured, afraid, and expecting, one warm June day in 1943. As Bertie and her four sisters tenderly nurture Songbird back to health, the bond between the childless midwife and the motherless teen grows strong. But soon Songbird is forced to make a heartbreaking decision that will tear this little family apart.

Thirty years later, the day after his father's funeral, Walker Wylie is stunned to learn he was adopted as an infant. The famous country singer enlists the help of adoption advocate Reese Chandler in the hopes of learning why he was abandoned by his birth parents. With the only clue he has in hand, Walker and Reese head deep into the Appalachian Mountains to track down Bertie Jenkins, the midwife who holds the secrets to Walker's past.

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Appalachian Song will appeal to readers of Christian fiction.

Library Journal

09/01/2023

Five aging sisters live in a cabin off the grid, not too far from Knoxville, TN. Their rhythm of working the land and loving extended family is interrupted when a pregnant teenager with a gunshot wound is found near their porch. As the women hide the girl from her vengeful father, the sisters have to reconcile the risk and the reward of loving their neighbors. Years later, in 1973, country star Walker Wylie's world implodes when he learns that he was adopted at birth. The celebrity has to slow down to find his Appalachian roots and discovers that when God closes one door, another path usually opens. The Smoky Mountain midwives are the unsung heroes of the book as they practice medicine handed down through generations and show compassion to mothers and babies in all circumstances. The themes of forgiveness and adoption into God's family, along with the beautiful setting, will resonate well with modern readers. VERDICT Shocklee (Count the Nights by Stars) delivers another powerful stand-alone novel for readers who love Appalachian stories in the style of Ann H. Gabhart and Kim Vogel Sawyer.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940159613264
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Publication date: 10/03/2023
Edition description: Unabridged
Sales rank: 967,476
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