Forevermore

So I read this book a really long time ago, but it's one of those stories that has just stuck with me throughout the years. I will definitely need to reread it sometime. Update: Reading this book as an adult now makes me love it all the more! This story is so dear to me.......more

Hope really annoyed me the first chapter, but after about five chapters, I completely fell in love with her. She is a total country, illiterate character who speaks her mind and is a peace maker. My only qualm is that she was a little too perfect—but for some reason, it didn’t make me hate her at al......more

This book was excellent!!! The characters were so dear---and quick to fall in love with. The novel was very well written, and by the time I neared the end of the book, I couldn't stop thinking about what was going to happen next!!!......more

Cathy Marie Hake’s novel Forevermore, title perfectly describes Hope Ladley, the hardworking itinerant farm-worker whose numerous former employers always wanted more of her forever, instead of as a temporary cook for the field workers during the harvest season. But, no, Hope felt led by the spirit a......more

Hope Ladley drifts about the Texas farmlands like a dandelion "wishie"--helping out wherever she's needed, then moving on to the next place God sends her. But when she and her mule, Hattie, stop at the Stauffer farm, Hope's life takes on a drastic change. This time her heart gets tangled up as hopel......more