What Momma Left Behind

What Momma Left Behind

Cindy Sproles

eBook - 2020

Worie Dressar is 19 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.

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Orphans > Fiction.
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Appalachian Mountains > Rural conditions > 19th century > Fiction.
Published
[United States] : Baker Publishing Group 2020.
Language
English
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Cindy Sproles (-)
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN
9781493423279
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
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In award-winning inspiration author Sproles' latest novel, 17-year-old Worie Dressar's widowed momma has tried to take care of people near their Tennessee mountain home as a deadly onslaught of both typhoid and influenza runs through their Appalachian community in 1877. Many local children are orphaned due to this plague, and Worie can't help but question God when Momma takes her own life. Worie soon finds that she needs to accept help from her parents' dear friends, Ely and Bess, as well as the pastor, and she begins to take care of the orphans her mother loved, work that helps her restore her faith. Still, she must also face the challenge of dealing with her brothers, one of whom wants to take what little she has left from their previous life, and the disclosure of family secrets. In Sproles' emotionally powerful and timely tale of tested faith during an epidemic, Worie learns how to let go of anger and bitterness. An unforgettable story of healing and giving.

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