Marrying Stone

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Summary: STRANGE, DIFFERENT, WONDERFUL ROMANCE
Review: Meggie Best is looking for her "fanciful" prince to come resuce her from her mountain abode.
Yet her "reality" will not let her abandon her father and her tall, blonde giant of a brother, Simple Jesse.

"Roe" Farley stumbles onto the Ozark mountain known as Marrying Stone, for the large piece of quartz plunked down there. He is interested in the folklore that abounds in them thar hills, especially the music.

He soon learns that mountain farming is hard, satisfying work and that his friendship with Simple Jesse is most rewarding.
This is 1902 remember, and when he catches Meggie in the all together, desire is soon sparked.

Soon Roe is taken for Gid Weston's son - what a character.
[Chuckle] When friendship leads Jesse to ask Roe for a telling of the mating of a man and a woman, Roe struggles to find the right words to enlighten the young man.

And Oh, the mix-up when Roe and Meggie jump hand in hand off the Marrying Stone to the people believing them to be married sure leads to more fibs and storytelling. The Marrying Stone has an ancient and common legend for marriage.

Neither of our two characters seems to be able to recognize love and therefore causes themselves some heartache.

Learning the stories of the rest of the characters makes this a fascinating book to read. And very hard to put down.
Now onto the follow-up book titled "Simple Jess", Meggie's brother finally finds himself a woman.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- Add this to your library.

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Summary: Travel to a world passed by and experience good simplicity.
Review: This is a wonderful story of an unlikely romance in the Ozark Mountains, a place that time has passed by and forgotten traditions are still commonplace. You will find yourself or someone that you know in the simple goodness of early rural America.