Children of the Mountain
 Eva McCall
 (Reviewed by The Editor - Rebecca Brown)
 2002 Historical Images, Asheville, NC
  ISBN: 0914875213
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For those Readers who loved Eva McCall's Edge of Heaven in which she introduced us to her grandmother, it is a happy day this author has continued her story.

Later in Lucy Davenport's life she must fight to continue to live on Carpenter Mountain in Appalachia, after Holman's death & their children disperse.

Children of the Mountain picks up decades later, after Holman & Lucy have built a new home, raised their own passel of sons & watched them all leave home with wives & for new lives.

Now Holman is dying, & all his children return home for his final birthday celebration, while Lucy must get used to the idea of becoming a widow.

While struggling with her loneliness, Lucy Davenport Carpenter learns that her husband secretly hadn't paid the taxes in years on their beloved Carpenter Mountain, & the payment of a small fortune, well beyond her means of earning, has come due.

With grandchildren being born, grown children moving out West & the reappearance of the enigmatic & attractive peddler Jake, feisty Lucy still has her hands full, counting every dollar she earns, praying it will be enough.

In this endearing sequel, Eva McCall continues the stories of her grandmother with whom she lived for the first 19 years of her life, & gives us another charming glimpse into another time, another place.

Do check our my review of Eva McCall's first book Edge of Heaven & my Interview with her.
(06/02/02)

Rebecca