What Momma Left Behind
Worie Dressar is seventeen years old when influenza and dysentery ravage her Appalachian Mountain community in 1898, leaving behind a growing number of orphaned children with no way to care for themselves. Worie's mother has been secretly feeding a number of these little ones on Sourwood Mountain. But when she dies suddenly, Worie is left to figure out why and how she was caring for them.
Plagued with two good-for-nothing brothers--one greedy and the other a drunkard--Worie fights to save her home and the orphaned children now in her begrudging care. Along the way, she will discover the beauty of unconditional love and the power of forgiveness as she cares for all of Momma's children.
Storyteller and popular speaker Cindy K. Sproles pens a tender novel full of sacrifice, heartache, and courage in the face of overwhelming obstacles.
"Cindy's special talent is in telling about life the way it is--hard parts and all--while preserving the beauty and wonder of love shining through even the darkest night."--Sarah Loudin Thomas, Christy Award-nominated author of Miracle in a Dry Season
"Seldom does a story move me to tears and encourage me to examine my life. Highly recommended."--DiAnn Mills, author of Fatal Strike
MY REVIEW: Set in the Tennessee mountains of the late 1800's, "What Momma Left Behind" is a poignant tale of heartache, hardship, and survival against staggering odds from poverty, disease, and family strife. With gritty detail and dialogue of the time and place, author Cindy K. Sproles paints a vivid picture of life in Appalachia in a time when typhoid and influenza decimated the population, leaving behind many orphaned children and widowed adults, leading to a great number of "blended" families and incalculable displaced persons. At age 17, Worie Dressar's world was forever changed by the unexpected death of her mother. Unable to depend on her two troublesome brothers after her father passed away, Worie had given up her personal hopes for the future to stay and help her mother. Now that her mother was gone, Worie began to discover that her mother had been secretly feeding a number of orphaned children in the area of their home on Sourwood Mountain. With her own small means and conflicts with her brothers, how was Worie to care for an increasing number of orphaned children? Drawing on inner strength and a growing faith, Worie receives help from the local pastor and a few family friends. She comes to deeply love all the children and thinks of them as her own--their welfare is of great importance to her. As time passes, circumstances continue to change in ways that Worie had never imagined. The secrets and wisdom that her Momma left behind will all come full circle, and finally there is hope and ultimate healing faith.
Book Copy Gratis Revell Books
Cindy K. Sproles
Cindy K. Sproles is the cofounder of Christian Devotions Ministries. An author, storyteller, and popular speaker, Cindy teaches at writers conferences across the country and directs the Asheville Christian Writers Conference in North Carolina. Editor of ChristianDevotions.us and managing editor for Straight Street Books and SonRise Devotionals, Cindy has a BA in business and journalism and lives in the mountains of East Tennessee with her family.
https://cindysproles.com/
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