Appalachian Song
Ebook
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.
For fans of historical and Southern fiction comes a poignant story of love and sacrifice set in the heart of Appalachia, from award-winning author Michelle Shocklee.
- Full-length Christian historical fiction
- Standalone novel
- Book length: approximately 94,000 words
- Includes discussion questions for book groups
A tender tale, Appalachian Song transforms a tune of heartache into a refrain of amazing grace. Michelle Shocklee has blended a perfect harmony between two stirring storylines that build to a pitch-perfect end.
Rich in description and atmosphere. . . . Through beautifully rendered characters in heart-wrenching dilemmas, Michelle Shocklee asks profound questions about life and family and belonging. An evocative read you are sure to savor!
The characters . . . are so remarkably real I felt as if I were living their stories with them. This is a story to treasure [and] one that will stay with you for a long, long time.
Appalachian Song will appeal to readers of Christian fiction.
- Title: Appalachian Song
- Author: Michelle Shocklee
- Publisher: Tyndale Fiction
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781496472465, 9781496472441, 1496472446, 1496472462
- Resource ID: LLS:9781496472465
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-08T19:59:41Z