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Book Reviews of Christy
Book Review: A Way in Life
Summary: 4 Stars
Most people find thier way in life by going to college, getting married or moving away.BUt Christy Huddleston found her self in many hardships from moving to a small mountain town known as Cutter Gap. Here, Christy came across many situations many people would never even think of. she came to Cutter Gap not knowing anything about the traditional or superstitious ways of the mountain people. Some ways she found to be very offensive, and others were surprisingly more beautiful more deep then anything she saw in life. But in the end, Christy found the mountain people gave more to her then she first expected to give to them.
Everyone is searching for their purpose in life, what they were made to do, how to make a difference. for Christy, it came fro mteaching in a secluded mountain cove. She was a missionary and was paid very little. But she wanted to help the children, and thier parents. Most of the people lived in extreme poverty, took no sanitary precautions, were illiterate,and murdered other people from superstitions, pride of grudges. Christy came and, with the help of the other missionaries, set up a general store, asked for supply and moeny donations, and helped families with their personal problems. But, with the friends she met, she found they told her how to live, how life should be, and that they had made more of an impact of her then she had on them.
Throughout the story, Christy had to encounter death, gruesome operations and the cruelty of people. Many times she was discouraged, feeling unqualified to be a school teacher that doubled as a role model for the proper, good Christian girl. but she found that it wasn't her responsibility to show the people a moral life. Most of them were already completely satisfied. She discovered just by showing the students love, they would learn better. SHe learned that you should not jugde an adult that seems uneducated, because they may turn out to be alot more of a person than you expected. They may actually be smarter and more beautiful then you on the inside, and become your best friend. In all the relationships she made, she found her heart, the way anyone should live life, and the purpose and place for her own life.
Book Review: A book that could easily change your life
Summary: 5 Stars
Christy is definitely more than the sum of its parts. In one sense, it's a romance, in another, a perservation of the Appalachian history, or a coming-of-age story, a tribute to teachers, an exploration of the human spirit, a biography of the author's mother, a social commentary, and a profound testimony of faith. Christy is all these things separately, and together, infinitely more. Innocence and darkness intermingle. If you thought The Sound of Music, with its seven singing children and oncoming of the Nazi Party, was a bold contrast, Christy is a real study of good and evil, and the distinction is not always clear. The Appalachian lifestyle of the time is idealized at the same time it is met with harsh realism. The virtues and faults of each character present a vibrant cast of characters with real depth, which is one of the reasons you will find the book deeply moving. Christy especially is a heroine to grow up to - determined and nervous and challenging all at once. Her plights as a schoolteacher are often hilarious, and the children receive uncommon time in the spotlight, making the book all the more believable. This book will provoke the reader to consider his or her own faith and role in life. This book is the Original Chicken Soup for the Soul!Book Review: A book that will spiritually lift your soul!
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember always watching the Christy TV series when I was younger. When I found the book in my school library Iimmidiatly picked it up. Christy was definetly the best book I have ever read. It makes you laugh and it makes you cry, you can't put it down. Christy is such a wonderful romodel for girls like me! I loved this book and I know you will too! *Catherine Marshall is a fantastic writer. She gives you such detail that you feel like you are actually living the book.*
Book Review: A book to read again and again
Summary: 5 Stars
The book's theme transends times. The religous trials can be applied to today's times as well. It has all the elements of a great novel. Mystery sourounding the doctor and Miss Alice, and the family fueds of the mountain people adds the element of suspense. A love triangle you never see coming and friendship that warms the heart. This is definately a book you can read again and again.Book Review: A book you want to read over and over again!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
ChristyBy Catherine Marshall
Christy, by Catherine Marshall, is about nineteen year old Christy Huddleston, who gives up her life of comfort in Ashville, Tennessee to serve as a teacher in the impoverished community of Cutter Gap, Tennessee in the early nineteen hundreds. In this book, Christy Huddleston learns to love the people of Cutter Gap unconditionally, and to serve others around her. Christy also struggles to sort through the romantic feelings she has toward the doctor and the minister.
After hearing a presentation by Dr. Ferrand, a non-denominational Christian missionary, Christy was challenged to move to Cutter Gap to teach at the mission. After packing her bags, Christy moves to Cutter Gap, Tennessee to find herself surrounded by the superstitious, poverty stricken, and illiterate people of the cove. Christy is determined to improve their way of life.
While struggling to gain respect from the school bullies, and dealing with the unsanitary ways of the people, Christy finds herself looking at her new life in discontent. She is overwhelmed by the duties and responsibilities she encounters. Christy questions if she made the right decision by coming to Cutter Gap. Miss Alice, a Quaker woman who is there to help run the mission, is always filled with advice and encouragement and helps Christy realize that she did not come here seeking a better life for herself, she came to serve others so that they might have a better life and also have a chance to be eternally redeemed. She learns patience by waiting for opportunities to serve, and develops a sense of victory every time she knows she is useful to someone.
Besides gaining a friendship with Miss Alice, Christy also gains friendships with the stubborn minister, David Grantland, and the prideful, Scottish-Irish physician, Dr. Neil McNeil. Christy expands her insight and gains clues to the destitute mountain people through the minister and the doctor. As Christy learns more, and knows more about the two men, she begins feel affection for both of them, and Christy must sort through her feelings to see if she is in love with either of them.
Christy Huddleston's faith is severely tested when Fairlight Spencer, Christy's closest friend, dies of typhoid and pneumonia. Christy can't understand why God can let there be so much pain and suffering in the world. She questions God about how He, the creator of the universe, can let Fairlight die. Christy struggles with her belief in God, but when she seeks Him in the words of the Bible, those words speak straight to her heart. Christy is assured that God is real, and that He works in mysterious ways.
This book also shows how God can use something negative to bring others to Him. Birdseye Taylor, a cold-hearted man who lives in the cove, and several other men, become mixed up in illegal distilling of whiskey. While a typhoid epidemic spreads through Cutter Gap, Birdseye is accused of murdering a man who was also tangled in the bootlegging. Birdseye retreats into hiding. When he finds out that his son, Lundy, is ailing with typhoid, he returns to the cove to see him. Lundy Taylor, dies, but through the tragedy, the Lord uses this situation to change Birdseye's heart and to eventually bring Birdseye to Him.
I recommend this book because it shows, through the eyes of a young teacher, how God can work mysteriously to turn something negative into something positive. It also shows how someone can unconditionally love even the unlovable. I'm convinced that this book will change your outlook on life. I was challenged to be a more unselfish, humble person.