Book Review: Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee


 Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee
5 Stars
Another favorite book of 2025

Wow. A story of enduring grace. A love letter to the Smoky Mountains. A beautiful, heart-tugging exploration of adoption, sacrifice and what family really means.

We have a dual timeline story - 1943 and 1973.

1943: We follow Bertie Jenkins and her sisters living in life in their family cabin. Bertie is a local midwife. Songbird, a pregnant and injured teen fleeing from her abusive father, stumbles onto their land. The sisters take her in and a heartbreaking story unfolds that changes their lives forever.

1943: 30 years later, famous country singer Walker Wylie discovers he was adopted after his step-father passes away. He goes on a search to find his birth mother, to find the midwife who delivered him - Bertie Jenkins - hoping to uncover the truth. He meets a midwife, Reese, also adopted, who helps him along the way.

This was just a beautiful story - faith filled...a tear jerker...but beautiful. I cried several times but the Lord is all over this book.

While this book deals with heavy topics such as miscarriage, adoption, abusive father, details surrounding birth from the midwife...it is handled beautifully and all point back to Jesus.

Highly recommend!

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8106864027
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4oAQAtr
Baker Book House: https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/9781496472441_appalachian-song


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Book Review: Fearless by Lauren Roberts

Image
Fearless by Lauren Roberts Book 3 in the Powerless Trilogy 3 Stars OK, let’s dive into the review! I have sat with this all day and I think I’m going to land on 3 stars for this one. Books 1 and 2 were solid 4 star reads for me, and while my experience reading book 3 felt like a 4-star moment....mainly because I was in that UNWELL STATUS and absolutely NEEDED to know what was happening....it didn’t quite hold up in the end. You know those "drop everything and read" moments? That was ME! Her writing is great and addictive - but looking at the book itself, it felt a little all over the place. The last 30% especially got kind of random and, at times, just plain ridiculous. I questioned some events going on that made me like...WAITTTT WHAT? HA! That said, I still had a blast with this series. It is definitely one that will stay close to my heart because I adored Kai and Paedyn so much. Love their romance and banter - it's what has made the trilogy for me honestly. Kai really ...
Read more

Southern Comfort Reading Challenge Book Recs: January 2025 Prompt - Southern Homecomings - A Character That Goes Home

Image
 Hey yall! I have a YouTube video up recommending many books for the Southern Comfort Reading Challenge this year! Here is the video:  https://youtu.be/dstmC5i3Glo   January's Prompt: Southern Homecomings - A Character That Goes Home Here are the links for the books! Truth is a Whisper - Mandi Blake: Review with purchase links:  https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/09/book-review-truth-is-whisper-by-mandi.html Almost Everything - Mandi Blake: Review with purchase links:  https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/09/book-review-almost-everything-by-mandi.html Unyielding Hope - Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan: Review with purchase links:  https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2024/10/book-review-unyielding-hope-by-janette.html Echoes Among the Stones - Jaime Jo Wright: Review with purchase links:  https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/04/book-review-echoes-among-stones-by.html Counter Attack - Patricia Bradley: Review with purchase links: ...
Read more

Book Review: The Voice We Find by Nicole Deese

Image
Vlog to come out Monday April 28th 7:00 a.m. central "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 The Voice We Find by Nicole Deese 5 STARS  Wow. Let's just say I have found another favorite book of 2025 and of ALL time. Nicole Deese tells powerful stories. Plain and simple. She is a top favorite of all time and I will forever recommend her books! Let's get into the review: The Voice We Find is technically book 3 in the Fog Harbor Book Series, but you can read it as a standalone book. They do not connect in the storylines. Book 1:  The Words We Lost Book 2: The Roads We Follow Book 3: The Voice We Find The Voice We Find doesn't just give you a good story....it gives you something much deeper: hope, healing and the beautiful remi...
Read more