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    Unto These Hills

    By Emily Sue Harvey

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    "A subtle tale deep with character and southern atmosphere to die for. Emily Sue Harvey has a sure touch and strong voice. She's a talent to watch." – Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author"Unto These Hills is strong in its characterization and Emily Sue Harvey captures the humor and heartbreak of Southern Culture. The scenes are real and the emotions deep. A wonderfully readable novel." – Kay Allenbaugh, bestselling author of Chocolate for a Woman's Soul"Emily Sue Harvey creates a strong Southern voice, vibrant characters, and a story that moves us from commonplace life to the brink of emotional destruction and back to salvation." – Gwen Hunter, author of Ashes to AshesUnto These Hills is an unforgettable novel of love, scandal, family, and roots by one of the most emotionally authentic authors of our time. Taking us into the deep South's Tucapau Mill Hill, it introduces us to the unforgettable Sunny Acklin. Betrayed, abandoned, and violated, Sunny faces one seemingly insurmountable challenge after another. But she never loses her spirit or the memory of the love that once so richly illuminated her world. As years go by, Sunny does everything she can to make something of her life until at last an opportunity arises, one charged with promise...and undeniable risk.From its vivid evocation of mill hill life to its pitch perfect rendering of the complexities of family and relationships, Unto These Hills is at once epic and intensely intimate. It is the richest novel yet from a writer who fluently speaks the language of our deepest feelings.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFiction Studio Books
    Release dateOct 8, 1126
    ISBN9781936558995
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    • 4/5
      This is a Southern family saga, not ordinarily my preferred reading, but Emily Sue Harvey weaves a compelling story with a central character who grabs you and won't let go.

      Sunny Acklin is a teenager growing up in the "mill hill" village of Tucapau, South Carolina in the late forties as the book opens. Despite the stresses and embarrassments of her parents', to say the least, imperfect marriage, she grows up feeling safe and cherished in extended family of the tight-knit village. Then everything gradually starts to unravel, and Sunny is struggling to hold things together.

      Her parents divorce after a humiliating scandal. Soon they're both gone, her mother with her new lover and her father "looking for work" and occasionally remembering to send money home. Sunny, her two sisters, and her brother are dependent on Nana, their aging grandmother, with some help from her other daughter, their Aunt Tina. Sunny's sister Francine is showing all their mother's most distressing personality traits; their youngest sibling, Sheila, is turning into an attention-seeking, manipulative little liar. It's a struggle for them all, but Sunny also has the support of her growing relationship with her boyfriend, Daniel.

      It's difficult to say more without major spoilers, but Sunny works to build a moral, upright, and happy life in the midst of major obstacles, often created by the family she loves. Guided and sustained by her faith and her friends, she makes her little corner of the world better for her presence in it.

      This is, ultimately, a joyous book.

      Recommended.

      I received a free electronic galley of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.
    • 5/5
      Unto These Hills takes place in the deep south's Tucapau mill hill and gives us the story of Sunny Acklin and her family. Her mama runs off with another man and her father leaves to find work, Sunny and her three siblings are raised by their grandmother. Despite everything Sunny finds love in Daniel. Shortly before their wedding Sunny is raped and Daniel leaves her to face it alone. Sunny knows that nothing will ever be the same but she struggles on to make a life for herself. I must admit there were a few times early on that I almost gave up on this book and I am so thankful that I did not. Once I got past the getting to know everyone stage this book took off and I could not put it down. Near then end there is a revelation that I did not see coming. I loved the characters and the ending was completely satisfying. I would highly recommend this book.