Oct. 5, 2009 - Book Review ~ Christy
Christy by Catherine Marshall
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
When I picked up this book again, after having not read it for quite some time, it was like wrapping myself in a favorite, but little used, blanket. As I read through the prologue, where Christy revisits the small community that affected her life so much, I almost began to cry. It was so comforting to be reading this lovely story once again.
Christy Huddleston, is a young and impressionable nineteen-year-old, makes the decision to become a teacher in a rural mountain area. Little does she know what trials, triumphs, sorrows and joys await her. She comes feeling like she has so much she can do for these people, who still live in squalid cabins with no plumbing; are illiterate, participate in ancient feuds and are held in the bondage of superstition. Yet through the events that take place, Christy realizes how much it is that she needs to learn.
It has been a completely different experience to read this book, now that I live in Kentucky. I'm not entirely sure why, but I think a lot of it has to do with living in an area that is somewhat like Cutter Gap. Even thought there aren't mountains nearby, I have learned a little bit about the culture, about the history, and about the landscape, that I feel like I am almost in the setting of the book, somehow.
Christy is full of laughter, funny children, appreciation for beauty and good things, the desire to better the world, and learning in unexpected ways. There is even a lovely surprise at the end. I highly recommend this book.
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