One Good Mama Bone - (Story River Books) by Bren McClain (Paperback)

One Good Mama Bone is a heartwarming novel that explores the strengths and limitations of parental love, the healing power of the human-animal bond, and the ethical dilemmas of raising animals for food.

Set in early 1950s rural South Carolina, this book follows Sarah Creamer's quest to find her "mama bone" after she is left to care for a boy who is not her own but instead is the product of an affair between her husband and her best friend and neighbor.

Despite the challenges she faces, Sarah finds a way to provide for young Emerson Bridge through a local farmer's steer, which leads to a touching moment when the mother cow hears the calf's cries and breaks out of a barbed-wire fence to search for him.

With Mama Red as her teacher, Sarah learns about motherhood and the power of love to overcome even the most difficult obstacles.