Brenda R. (bothrootes) reviewed on 6/14/2010 + 207 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

This was one of the best books I have ever read. Velva Jean is 10 years old when she decides she needs to be saved and can't figure out why, even though she goes to the front of the church with everyone else, she just doesn't feel it. Set in the Appalachian mountains in the 30's, the story is told through Velva Jean's eyes. Through her dreams of the future, striving to find out if she can make it as a singer in the outside world but being held back by family and traditions, we feal her joys, fear and pain. The characters are well developed and the story is extremely interesting.

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