A Hundred Crickets Singing is a story of friendship, family loyalty, the ongoing fight against racism and prejudice, holding onto faith, confronting injustice, and taking risks

A Hundred Crickets Singing by Cathy Gohlke

Genre/Categories/Setting: Historical Fiction, Christian Historical Fiction, Slavery, Racism/Prejudice, Faith, Appalachia (rural North Carolina), WW11 and Civil War

Welcome to #ThrowBackThursday where I highlight an older review or post a current review of a backlist title. Today, I’m sharing a favorite historical fiction selection, A Hundred Crickets Singing by Cathy Gohlke

I’m linking up with Davida @ The Lady’s Book Review Blog for #ThrowbackThursday.

My Summary:

In split timelines (1861 and 1944) and through two wars (Civil War and WW11) we hear the stories of two young women who lived on the same plantation and same house in No Creek, North Carolina (Appalachia) as they face the hardships of war and encounter unrelenting racism and prejudice. It’s through Celia’s discovery of a hidden journal in 1944 that we hear Minnie’s story from the Civil War days and cheer for Celia as she attempts to right a wrong.

“The persistent, conflicting voices of all those I love, spoken and not, are deafening–a hundred crickets shouting, screeching in my brain. The mounting tension is intolerable. Help us Lord!”

Continue here for my full review of A Hundred Crickets Singing…

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