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The heroine, Corrie Belle Hollister Braxton, will be an old friend to Phillips's fans of the seven-book series The Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister. This one begins with Corrie's wedding to Christopher Braxton. Christopher is a miner, but the possibility of finding gold becomes less likely as the lode disappears. The only solution seems to be moving off the Hollister place, but leaving her extended family is the last thing Corrie wants.
More than the worry over the failing gold mine is their concern for the welfare of those around them. How can Corrie help her friend Jennie whose marriage is falling apart? What can Christopher do for Alkali Jones, the old prospector whose health is failing? Or how can they help Becky, Corrie's sister who is feeling very much an old maid? Most of all, how can they share the love of Christ with all their friends and family?
The Braxtons of Miracle Springs is written from Corrie's point of view as you would expect in a journal. Occasionally, she breaks into the story to talk directly to the reader or to quote sermons, a technique you'll find in old classics like Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. The book overall is slow-paced, relying a little too much on sermonizing rather than action. However, the emotion is genuine and it will be a rare reader who doesn't have moist eyes before finishing the book.
Myrtlemay Pittman Crane is a writer, editor, and speaker from Alderwood Manor, WA.
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