Christy

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Summary: what I think:)
Review: I think its a well writen story of a woman who because she choose to follow the Lord and his will for her led a extrodenairy life and learned the true reason she came and true love

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Summary: My favorite
Review: This is not much and I'm only 12 years old but
I must say that this is the most wonderful
book that I have ever read. So inspiring!

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Summary: Inspiring - Great for all ages!
Review: Christy is a well-written, inspiring book. It appeals to a large range of ages. I read it over 20 years ago in high school, and I still find it wonderful. (My parents, both in their 70's have enjoyed it, also.) Catherine Marshall had a way to bring her characters to life. This books is a story of faith, inspiration, love, life, tragedy, humor . . . a little bit of everything. I don't think anyone would be disappointed

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Summary: A truly inspiring story!
Review: "Christy" is a book worth reading over and over again. It is a heartwarming, true story of a young lady who finds her true calling to go and teach in a small mountain community in the mountains. She must try to find the reason why she really came to the mountain town and decide whether it was the right thing to do. The story follows Christy as she struggles to find her heart and devote it to one of the two men who are after it. It is one of Catherine Marshall's best stories of how love and faith can get you through anything.

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Summary: Seed on Soil
Review: It's a true story on a city girl who's tired of sitting in Church every Sunday and wanted to do something out of her live. High above the city dwellers, Christy found the real meaning of love in teaching the mountain kids. And because of love, the highlanders were changed -- for good.

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Summary: Classic!
Review: Having reread this book countless times, I manage to find new details each time in this turn-of-the-century story of a privileged young woman's first exposure to poverty and ignorance. Rich in Appalachian culture and American history, this often sorrowful story is also filled with hope and happiness in the most unexpected places -- guaranteed to make readers of all ages during all periods look at their own lives differently.

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Summary: disapointing
Review: I just finished reading the novel Christy and I really dind't care for it all that much. At first i was really excited by David's character. I kept thinking for once in a book there is a relgious man who doesn't have all the answers. i don't read to many christan novels, simply because those i have read the characters always have the perfect thing to say at the perfect time, which hardly ever happens in read life. I thought David's character was fresh. I liked when the elderly lady was on her deadthbed and David didn't know what to tell her about going to heaven. I don't see ministers as having all the answers and i was pleased to finally find a main character in a christian novel that supported that realism. However in the end any hope that David could possibly be the real character i was looking for was shattered, when they ended him with being a confused man. I found his ending very lame.

From the first time dr. Mcniel came into the picture i was like please don't leave him with Christy in the end. It was obviouse when the elderly Christy asked what happened to David that she didn't marry him but i was like please not the doctor. Then it happened and i was grately disapointed. Why is it in novels all women go for the man that infurates them? I would never go for a man like that, nor do i know anyone else who would. Everyone wants someone to love them and i think it wasn't because it didn't happen till the last page that McNiel finally admitted to loving her. Maybe if it happened a little further in, or there was signs that he cared then maybe it would have been a little more believeable but it just wasn't.

David was the one she should have ended up with. I'm sorry to have to say it but it's true. I still have no idea why she didn't say she woudl marry him. Because he didn't really love her? I'm sorry but that storyline was terrible. Let's say the author didn't want them together then give a better reason. David went through hell, he tried his best and in the end his best wasn;t good enough. The kind of torture he went through could break any man. The way he failed, i really sympathise with him. Having joined the ministry because it meant something to his mother and sister, i feel bad for him there to, but did that mean he didn't love God? No i don't think so. I think even with the way he failed he still loved God. i just don't get it. I'm sorry i missed it.

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Summary: Good book
Review: I will have to agree and state that this novel is an all American classic. I had a lovely time reading it and couldn't stop reading. I love Christy's enthusiasm in the small mountain town. All the characters were constructed very nicely. It inspired me to watch the television show.
The only problem however, was all the preaching and the finding of god. I found myself skipping the parts about the Bible and what not.
Other than that, it was a very very very good book.

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Summary: Summary of Christy
Review: The book Christy by Catherine Marshall is a story about a nineteen year old girl who left home to go teach school in rural Cutter Gap. When Christy arrived she was face with many challenges. First, she had to walk 7 miles uphill in the snow. Then the children didn't have any of the proper clothing, shoes, electricity, and often walked mile to school. Christy was also tested in many different ways. Her physical and emotional endurance were tested. As she saw the children's lifestyles it was very hard for her to deal with because they had so little. Another thing she had to deal with was death. One example is that her good friend Farlight became ill with typhoid she was there watching her die. I think that this was a great book that teaches you about passion and dilligence. Christy's passion for these mountain people was very inspiring. I definetly recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a book with passion, adventure, and overcoming hardships.

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Summary: The Wonderful Story of Christy - My Favourite!
Review: This is my all-time favourite book, exceeding even Lord of the Rings and Jane Eyre. It's a heart-warming story about a 19 year old young woman, who leaves a comfortable and sheltered home to teach in the Great Smokies, where her life is changed forever. I first read this book as a student nurse, one winter night on a very long and lonely graveyard shift, and the message it portrays has stayed with me since then. I gladly recommend this moving and heroic tale to everyone who believes in love.