Lucinda Harmon struggles to break away from the sheltering bonds of family and from the mountain traditions to which McDowell County still clung to during the 1950s. Her goal was a bigger and broader world through the realm of education. In striving for her goal, she encounters resistance from family, religious strictures, and traditional roles for women. She also struggles with the love of two men, one who challenges her to risk the unknown, and another who overwhelms her with possessive love.
Review
Addie Davis's own wisdom and compassion inform her extraordinary novel. The struggle of the entire Appalachian region are incorporated into Lucinda's moving and memorable personal story. This is the real thing. And Lucinda will steal your heart. --Lee Smith, author
About the Author
Adda Leah Davis is a McDowell County, West Virginia native now living in Russell County, Virginia. She is a retired elementary school teacher and counselor and is the author of six books: Here I am again Lord; Landon Colley, An Old Time Primitive Baptist Universalist Preacher; Caleb's Song; and Golden Harvest Workbooks for Grades One, Two, and Three.
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Jason's Journey
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Jason's Journey is the second book in a trilogy set in McDowell County, West Virginia, with a secondary setting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jason McCall, the hero in this book, is a young doctor who loves challenges. At the outset he embarks on a journey. This journey takes him through cultural clashes, unrequited love, the Korean War, a new field of medicine, the political machinations of McDowell County, marriage, fatherhood, and overwhelming guilt due to his unfaithful heart until a mysterious box reveals a life shattering revelation.
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The Beckoning Hills is the third and final book in the series about Lucinda Harmon and Jason McCall. It begins at the end of Lucinda's Mountain and finishes the story of these two people, who according to Jason met by chance but to Lucinda, were predestined to meet. This book reveals the growth of Lucinda both socially, culturally, and educationally and Jason has not only aged but has grown to love the wisdom garnered from the culture of the mountain people. Neither Lucinda or Jason could ever forget the lure of the moutains nor the haunting calls from the Beckoning Hills.
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