![]() The last third of the book though forced me to ask myself the question: “What do I believe?” I was captured at once by the plight of the mountain people, and cheered as Christy worked so hard to make their life better. When I first read Catherine Marshall’s Christy, I was fifteen, the youngest age my mom would let us read it at. There are very few books that are life changing. ![]() But her faith will be severely challenged by trial and tragedy, by the needs and unique strengths of two remarkable young men, and by a heart torn between true love and unwavering devotion. ![]() ![]() In the year 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves home to teach school in the Smoky Mountains - and comes to know and love the resilient people of the region, with their fierce pride, their dark superstitions, their terrible poverty, and their yearning for beauty and truth. ![]()
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