Synopsis:

Bertie Jenkins has spent forty years serving as a midwife for her community in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Out of all the mothers she’s tended, none affects her more than the young teenager who shows up on her doorstep, injured, afraid, and expecting, one warm June day in 1943. As Bertie and her four sisters tenderly nurture Songbird back to health, the bond between the childless midwife and the motherless teen grows strong. But soon Songbird is forced to make a heartbreaking decision that will tear this little family apart.

Thirty years later, the day after his father’s funeral, Walker Wylie is stunned to learn he was adopted as an infant. The famous country singer enlists the help of adoption advocate Reese Chandler in the hopes of learning why he was abandoned by his birth parents. With the only clue he has in hand, Walker and Reese head deep into the Appalachian Mountains to track down Bertie Jenkins, the midwife who holds the secrets to Walker’s past.

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What To Expect:

Appalachian Song is a Christian, dual-timeline historical fiction that covers themes of adoption, found family, faith, and healing.

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Content Warnings:

Language: Mild – Calling people “dung”. No cursing

Sexual Content: Fade to Black – A young teenage girl has relations with an older teen, it is not detailed or explicit. Kissing.

Violence: Mild – Gunshot wounds, domestic violence

Substance Use: Mild – Some mention of moonshine operations

Prejudices: Looking down on teenage/unwed mothers

Religious Themes: This is a Christian novel where characters pray, read the Bible, quote Scripture and apply it to their daily lives. God’s sovereignty and will are big themes.

Other Topics: Moderate – Adoption, child loss, miscarriage, hemorrhaging and maternal death. Someone tries to force abortion upon mother.

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