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Teacher | Freida McFadden

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4/5 ⭐️
Discovered this author and I read 3 or 4 books by her. I really enjoyed it.

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TheAromaofBooks

Christy | Catherine Marshall

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My cover isn't super exciting, so I give you Kitty as compensation 😂

I remember enjoying this book as a teen but wasn't sure how it would hold up as an adult - but I found it completely engaging. Christy is just a likable character, so it makes the whole story work. She's genuine in her efforts to understand the world around, and I related so much to her desire to make her childhood faith something tangible and real. This is definitely a ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Christian-y book, but there is plenty of story beyond that. This is a fascinating look at the backwoods in the early 20th century loosely based on the author's mother's experiences. I did feel like the story lost some momentum when it veered from the classroom/school experiences into the epidemic, and the ending felt rather abrupt, but on the whole I really enjoyed this one.

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TheAromaofBooks Thanks for reading along with me #RandomClassics friends. Feel free to share your thoughts as well!!

@BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead @julieclair @Librarybelle @Sace @StayCurious @Teresereading @willaful 2w

BarkingMadRead I really liked it, the series is really good if you can find it on tv anywhere, as well. Just a really sweet book! 2w

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KadaGul Kitty 😺Covers are the best 💚🫶❤️🥰 2w

kspenmoll I remember loving this when I read it as a teen! Kitty is the best! (edited) 2w

Julsmarshall I loved this too as a young teen! Read it over and over 😍 2w

TheSpineView Awww... 2w

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 2w

julieclair I loved this book. So glad to have found it through #RandomClassics! Now I‘d like to hunt down the tv series. 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Kitty is gorgeous 😻 2w

Librarybelle Kitty! I‘m still reading and am enjoying my reread of this one! 2w

Sace I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I first read it in my early 20s and it didn‘t make much of an impression (all I could remember was that everyone had eye infections). I think I got a lot more out of it this time. I can see this being one I reread. 2w

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Teresereading I finished it yesterday. A fascinating read, and I loved the Dr Neil storyline. Slightly disappointed to read that was 'faction'. It's based on Marshall 5d

Teresereading Question- if it's based on Marshall' grandmother's stories are all the characters fictional (or composites)? The Disclaimer says ' any resemblance to ...etc' but the opening chapter when 'Christy' revisits Cutters Gap was so evocative. 5d

TheAromaofBooks @Teresereading - This article has some details of the differences between Marshall's real-life grandma and fictional Christy - https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/11/christy-and-leonora-city-girl-country... - I think what she did was take many of the stories her grandma shared from working at the mission and then made up parts to make a more dramatic narrative. MacNeil and Miss Alice are both fictional, but both are important characters⬇ 5d

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) to help Christy learn and grow. Probably the biggest difference is that Christy is much more “citified“ than Marshall's grandma, who also grew up somewhat impoverished and in the country. 5d

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CogsOfEncouragement

Christy | Catherine Marshall

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I took this from my mom‘s bookshelf years ago and finally read it with #RandomClassic

Turns out this is a 1967 copy that belonged to my dad‘s mom. I‘m glad she stuck an address label inside so I‘d see it all these years later.

I really enjoyed learning about this time and community which I had little knowledge of before.

And what an ending!!!!

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Sace

Christy | Catherine Marshall

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Not Fairlight! Nooooooo!

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Lauranahe

The Teacher | Freida McFadden

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I could not put this down. It was addicting and fast-paced and twisty. But the last like 2-3 pages…what? How? It made flip back to previous chapters, trying to figure stuff out, and I still have questions.

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Sace

Christy | Catherine Marshall