What Momma Left Behind (Paperback)

from NancyLuebke

I sort of enjoyed this story of way of life in the mountains and the hard times of living there. People were dying everywhere from a fever, sort of like now only there was no one to save the children after the parents died. Not a real fan of books like this written in the uneducated slang of the ...

from BabblingBeckyL

"I want this over with. I want things back to the way they was. We didn't ask for this mess. And every minute that passes just pours more manure on top of us." No, this is not someone present-day talking about the Corona virus. This is 17-year-old Worie Dressar, who in 1877 has watched both the f...

from alekee

The title the author gives this book is so appropriate, and the legacy that Mama leaves is such a blessing. What a hard time, and a young woman is left with so many decisions, but she sure doesn't have second thoughts about helping the children. We often hear about children raised by the same par...

from Asheley

There is a lot of heartbreak and difficulty in this story, but ultimately it is about trust, hope, and family. 17-year-old Worie Dressar loses her mother at the beginning of the story (not a spoiler) and works hard to continue her mother's legacy of feeding and caring for children who have been o...

from wearylibrarian

The is book had me hooked from the beginning. Worie is a strong young Appalachian woman. She loves her no-good brothers but they are...well, no good, no count. I felt like I'd been visiting ‘down home' as as I read and fought beside Worie as she tried to care for orphaned children and fighting he...