A Hundred Crickets Singing, Cathy Gohlke
A Hundred Crickets Singing, Cathy Gohlke
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A Hundred Crickets Singing

Author: Cathy Gohlke

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 13 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2022


Synopsis

In wars eighty years apart, two young women living on the same Appalachian estate determine to aid soldiers dear to them and fight for justice, no matter the cost.
1944. When a violent storm rips through the Belvidere attic in No Creek, North Carolina, exposing a hidden room and trunk long forgotten, secrets dating back to the Civil War are revealed. Celia Percy, whose family lives and works in the home, suspects the truth could transform the future for her friend Marshall, now fighting overseas, whose ancestors were once enslaved by the Belvidere family. When Marshall’s Army friend, Joe, returns to No Creek with shocking news for Marshall’s family, Celia determines to right a long-standing wrong, whether or not the town is ready for it.

1861. After her mother’s death, Minnie Belvidere works desperately to keep her household running and her family together as North Carolina secedes. Her beloved older brother clings to his Union loyalties, despite grave danger, while her hotheaded younger brother entangles himself and the family’s finances within the Confederacy. As the country and her own home are torn in two, Minnie risks her life and her future in a desperate fight to gain liberty and land for those her parents intended to free, before it’s too late.

With depictions of a small Southern town “reminiscent of writings by Lisa Wingate” (Booklist on Night Bird Calling), Cathy Gohlke delivers a gripping, emotive story about friendship and the enduring promise of justice.

About Cathy Gohlke

Cathy Gohlke is a Christy, Carol, and INSPY award-winning author who writes novels steeped with inspirational lessons from history. Her stories reveal how people break the chains that bind them and triumph over adversity through faith. When not traveling to historic sites for research, she and her husband, Dan, divide their time between northern Virginia and the Jersey Shore, enjoying time with their grown children and grandchildren. For more information, visit CathyGohlke.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren on March 07, 2022

In March 1944, a violent storm causes a tree to go through the ancient attic roof at the Belvidere family home and it wakes up Celia and her brother Chester. Miss Lilliana and her husband Reverend Willard are in England the Perry family are taking care of Gardens Gate. A secret room is exposed, it’s......more

Goodreads review by Deanne on April 23, 2022

After reading Night Bird Calling I've been anxiously waiting for this follow up book and both stories are incredibly moving! In A Hundred Crickets Singing we have a dual time line spanning an eighty year time difference of two women living on the same Appalachian estate helping their soldiers despite......more

Goodreads review by Susan on April 05, 2022

Cathy Gohlke takes us back to No Creek, NC in the beautifully told companion novel to Night Bird Calling, which was incredibly moving. This one is told in dual time, a time of wars eighty years apart. We find the Belvidere family in the midst of the Civil War, torn between supporting the Union and t......more

Goodreads review by Lucy on April 12, 2022

Powerful and poignant dual time line that spans from the Civil War to WWII in No Creek, NC. It can be gut wrenching to read about the social and racial injustices but Ms Gohlke has done superior research and sweeps you into these troubled times with finesse. As I read it was like watching a movie in......more

Goodreads review by Carol (Reading Ladies) on April 27, 2022

Thanks #NetGalley @TyndaleHouse for a complimentary copy of #AHundredCricketsSinging upon my request. All opinions are my own. 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 Cree......more