My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge by Pepper Basham

Here is the book summary:

Journey into the Blue Ridge Mountains of 1918 where Laurel McAdams endures the challenges of a hard life while dreaming things can eventually improve. But trouble arrives in the form of an outsider. Having failed his British father again, Jonathan Taylor joins is uncle’s missionary endeavors as a teacher in a two-room schoolhouse. Laurel feels compelled to protect the tenderhearted teacher from the harsh realities of Appalachian life, even while his stories of life outside the mountains pull at Laurel’s imagination. Faced with angry parents over teaching methods, Laurel’s father’s drunken rages, and bad news from England, will Jonathan leave and never return, or will he stay and let love bloom?

And now, my review:

I found this author to be a delight to read because she is SO funny!  I found myself laughing out loud at her comments.  The back-mountain life was painted realistically that you feel like you’re right there.  My favorite part was the pole cat AKA skunk unfortunate interactions that had you smelling it.  This author has a way with adjectives, drawing me into her characters and seeing the pure, lovely character of the main female.  I thought she matched well with the city-teacher.  A refreshing read that I recommend to you.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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