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Christy
Catherine Marshall

Christy

9780380001415
| Paperback
Avon | 1976
Dewey MAR
LC Classification 189

Genre

  • Adult Fiction

Subject

  • Appalachians (People)
  • Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. And Tenn.)
  • Historical Fiction
  • Schools
  • Teachers

Plot

In the year 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves home to teach school in the Smoky Mountains -- and comes to know and love the resilient people of the region, with their fierce pride, their dark superstitions, their terrible poverty, and their yearning for beauty and truth. But her faith will be severely challenged by trial and tragedy, by the needs and unique strengths of two remarkable young men, and by a heart torn between true love and unwavering devotion. And don't miss another heart-soaring bestseller from Catherine Marshall: Julie