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Christy

Catherine Marshall

  • 496 pages · about 8 hours
  • First published 1967
  • 37 editions
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1 About this book

The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions.

But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her — and her one-room school — as a threat to their way of life. Her faith is challenged and her heart is torn between two strong men with conflicting views about how to care for the families of the Cove.

Yearning to make a difference, will Christy’s determination and devotion be enough?

Good for readers who want: a coming-of-age story, a love story, and a long read.

  • Bildungsromans
  • Romance, historical
  • Coming of age
  • Christian, romance
  • Women teachers
  • Teachers
  • Christian life
  • Women teachers in fiction

2 About Catherine Marshall

1914–1983

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.

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