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I thoroughly enjoyed this journey with Carley Marshall to Job’s Corner, North Carolina, in 1949 when she was 11 years old. This story about civil rights, the threat of communism, and community relationships is told from the refreshingly innocent perspective of a child, with bluntly honest expressions that often made me laugh out loud. After growing up in a Baptist home for 11 years, Carley’s definitions of faith and God are challenged when she has to go live with her Aunt Kate and Uncle Stephen, a Presbyterian pastor. There is a strong family theme running through the novel as Carley deals with the loss of her mother and the fantasized image she has had of her father, and is enveloped by the love of a new “family” in Job’s Corner. Patricia Sprinkle delves below the smoothed-out surface of life we’re all comfortable with to ask questions like “Where do prejudices come from?” and “How can people be both good and bad?” In Carley’s own words, “I wish grown-ups would all get together and make the same rules before they start teaching them to children.”



This book was both entertaining and thought-provoking, a must-read for my mom! I’m looking forward to reading more from this author.


~ Cindy