Worie Dressar is 17 years old when
influenza and typhoid ravage her Appalachian Mountain community in 1877,
leaving behind a growing number of orphaned children with no way to care for
themselves. Worie's mother has been secretly feeding a number of these little
ones on Sourwood Mountain. But when she dies suddenly, Worie is left to figure
out why and how she was caring for them.
Plagued with two good-for-nothing brothers--one greedy and the other a drunkard--Worie fights to save her home and the orphaned children now in her begrudging care. Along the way, she will discover the beauty of unconditional love and the power of forgiveness as she cares for all of Momma's children.
Storyteller and popular speaker Cindy K. Sproles pens a tender novel full of sacrifice, heartache, and courage in the face of overwhelming obstacles.
Plagued with two good-for-nothing brothers--one greedy and the other a drunkard--Worie fights to save her home and the orphaned children now in her begrudging care. Along the way, she will discover the beauty of unconditional love and the power of forgiveness as she cares for all of Momma's children.
Storyteller and popular speaker Cindy K. Sproles pens a tender novel full of sacrifice, heartache, and courage in the face of overwhelming obstacles.
My Review:
Cindy Sproles is the new voice of Appalachian fiction. With passion, she captures
the heartache, frustration, and joy of living in the mountains in the late
1800s. I love Cindy's writing as she explores Worie's journey from motherless
to attempting to follow in her momma's footsteps. Worie may be a young woman,
but she's tough and knows what she wants. Yet her heart seeks help. Her Momma's
words echo in her mind as she figures out the role God plays in her life, and
why she's been left behind to pick up the pieces. I've read Cindy's first two
novels, Liar's Winter and Mercy's Rain and can say her writing
just gets better and better. The beauty of her writing flows with the dialect
of the Appalachian people, their sayings, honesty about life there, and the glorious
landscape. She's set the stage to continue sharing stories of the mountains she
calls home. If you enjoy honest, poignant stories, you'll like What Momma Left Behind.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review
are completely my own.
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Cindy's website says:
Cindy K. Sproles is an author and a speaker, whose dream is to do nothing more
than craft words that speak from the heart. God's plan seems to be for her to
write and teach the craft. With God’s guidance, Cindy
is expanding her horizons. We'll see how He uses her.
Cindy is a mountain gal. Proud of her heritage,
she was born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains where life is simple,
words have a deep southern drawl, and colloquialisms like, "well slap my
knee and call me corn pone" seem to take precedence over proper speech.
Apple Butter, coal mining, the river, pink sunrises and golden sunsets help you
settle into a porch swing and relax. Family, the love of God and strong morals
are embedded into her life in the mountains. Teaching writers, spinning fiction
tales about life in the mountains, history and down home ideas find their way
into all she does. “I love to write devotions, to seek after the deeper side of
Christ and to share the lessons He teaches me from life in the hills of East
Tennessee. I am a writer. A speaker. A lover of God's Word and friend to all.”
This is Cindy Sproles. Welcome home to the mountains. -from Cindy's website
Cindy Sproles is the new voice of Appalachian fiction. (click to tweet)