Judd Markley is a hardworking coal miner who rarely thinks much past tomorrow until he loses his brother–and nearly his own life–in a mine cave-in. Vowing never to enter the darkness of a mine again, he leaves all he knows in West Virginia to escape to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It’s 1954, the seaside community is thriving, and Judd soon hires on with a timber company.
Larkin Heyward’s life in Myrtle Beach is uncomplicated, mostly doing volunteer work and dancing at the Pavilion. But she dreams of one day doing more–maybe moving to the hollers of Kentucky to help the poor children of Appalachia. But she’s never even met someone who’s lived there–until she encounters Judd, the newest employee at her father’s timber company.
Drawn together in the wake of a devastating hurricane, Judd and Larkin each seek answers to what tomorrow will bring. As opposition rises against following their divergent dreams, they realize that it may take a miracle for them to be together.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The Sound of Rain
Book Author: Sarah Loudin Thomas
What do you like about this book:
"Maybe you should stop anticipating what God will do and just see what He does."
Larkin Heyward's privileged life as the daughter of a Myrtle Beach timber tycoon is relatively simple, yet fruitless. Larkin longs for more; she wants to help people, and the tales of vast numbers of underprivileged people living deep in the Appalachian mountains have reached her ears. She just never expected to meet a "mountain man" on her home turf, especially when his handsome, winsome spirit draws her in, like a bear towards honey.
Judd Markley wants to get as far away from the deep bowels of West Virginia's mines as humanly possible. His life was nearly snuffed out in a tragic accident, which sadly took the life of his younger brother. Landing in the hot, humid town of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina he finds a job working for the Waccamaw Timber Company where his mechanical skills are an immediate advantage. When he meets the lovely daughter of the owner, Judd's notions about his future are curiously, or perhaps divinely, upended.
This story is a "curl-up-on-the-couch-and-enjoy", kind of book; full of conventional and unconventional wisdom that stretches from the mountains to the beach!
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