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Christy

Pages
512
Published
1967
Language
English

Synopsis

In 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves her comfortable home to teach in the isolated, poverty-stricken Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap. She faces resistance to her modern ways and finds her faith tested while navigating a complex emotional landscape involving two very different men. Can Christy's dedication make a true impact in a world resistant to change?

About the author

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Catherine Marshall

Catherine Sarah Wood Marshall LeSourd was an American author of nonfiction, inspirational, and fiction works. She was the wife of well-known minister Peter Marshall. In 1940, Marshall contracted tuberculosis, for which at that time there was no antibiotic treatment. She spent nearly three years recovering from the illness. Her husband died in 1949 of a heart attack, leaving her to care for their 9-year-old son, Peter John Marshall. He later also became a minister and author. Marshall wrote a...

Characters

Christy HuddlestonProtagonist
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