The Forgiving Kind, Donna Everhart
The Forgiving Kind, Donna Everhart
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The Forgiving Kind

Author: Donna Everhart

Narrator: Tiffany Morgan

Unabridged: 11 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/29/2019

Categories: Fiction, Family Life


Synopsis

For twelve-year-old Martha "Sonny" Creech, there is no place more beautiful than her family's cotton farm. She, her two brothers, and her parents work hard on their land—hoeing, planting, picking—but only Sonny loves the rich, dark earth the way her father does. When a tragic accident claims his life, her stricken family struggles to fend off ruin—until their rich, reclusive neighbor offers to help finance that year's cotton crop.

Sonny is dismayed when her mama accepts Frank Fowler's offer; even more so when Sonny's best friend, Daniel, points out that the man has ulterior motives. Sonny has a talent for divining water—an ability she shared with her father and earns her the hated nickname "water witch" in school. But uncanny as that skill may be, it won't be enough to offset Mr. Fowler's disturbing influence in her world. Even her bond with Daniel begins to collapse under the weight of Mr. Fowler's bigoted taunts. Though she tries to bury her misgivings for the sake of her mama's happiness, Sonny doesn't need a willow branch to divine that a reckoning is coming, bringing with it heartache, violence—and perhaps, a fitting and surprising measure of justice.

About Donna Everhart

Donna Everhart is a USA Today bestselling author known for vividly evoking the complexities of the heart and the gritty fascination of the American South in her acclaimed novels. She is the recipient of the prestigious SELA Outstanding Southeastern Author Award from the Southeastern Library Association, and her novels have been SIBA Okra Picks, Indie Next Picks, and Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books selections. Born and raised in Raleigh, she has stayed close to her hometown for much of her life and now lives just an hour away in Dunn, North Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Angela M on January 14, 2019

On a cotton farm in 1950’s North Carolina, a family working hard together, getting by, are happy and content with life as it is. We meet a sweet young girl Sonny Creech who inherits from her father a love of the land and the power of divining. Their lives are changed forever when her father suddenly......more

Goodreads review by Debra on December 31, 2018

1950's North Carolina "Water Witch", twelve-year-old "Sonny" Martha Creech loves her cotton farm. The farm, and her family are her entire world. Her father, her two older brothers, her mother and she work the land. It is all she has ever known, and she loves it just as much as her father. Then one da......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on January 28, 2019

Absolutely loved this one! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Donna Everhart, author and North Carolina native, is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. Her stories are filled with unforgettably endearing characters and a sharp honesty about the times in which these characters are living. The book is set in 1950s North......more

Goodreads review by Eldonna on September 10, 2018

Captivating Historical Fiction, Unforgettable Characters Donna Everhart once again achieves the difficult task of expertly weaving light into a dark story, this one rooted in a 1950s cotton farm where, much like the delicate bolls in the field, uncontrollable circumstances can shred vulnerable fibers......more

Goodreads review by Greta on October 04, 2024

3.5 rounded to 4 stars This is Sonny’s story. She is the young narrator of this book. She, her parents and her 2 older brothers live in North Carolina in the 1950’s where her dad had a cotton farm. She loved to work with him and he taught her all that he knew about farming. One day while her and her......more