Christy
by Catherine Marshall
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
people who enjoy faith-inspired works
I read this book in high school, and while I've *thought* I carried a fondness for it ever since, I'm not so sure anymore. I'm wondering if I confused it with a book by LaVyrle Spencer ('Years' I think it's called) that has a similar backstory.
I love novels that transport me back in time, which should be pretty obvious since my absolute favorites are 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Anne of Green Gables'. This one failed to hold my interest; I had to force myself to finish and that was after I took...more
I love novels that transport me back in time, which should be pretty obvious since my absolute favorites are 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Anne of Green Gables'. This one failed to hold my interest; I had to force myself to finish and that was after I took...more
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Read in October, 2007
My mom received a copy of this book while we were on a family trip in Oregon and stayed at a bed and breakfast. I couldn't believe that in America, not so long ago, people lived in such poverty. The sappy love story also drew me to the book.
Now that I've read this book again I think my previous impression was more of the tv series, where romance is more of a focus. The book itself is actually a journey of self discovery and religion. The discovery that Christy goes through is the most basic,...more
Now that I've read this book again I think my previous impression was more of the tv series, where romance is more of a focus. The book itself is actually a journey of self discovery and religion. The discovery that Christy goes through is the most basic,...more
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Read in January, 1991
Okay - so I have read this book about 10 times, most recently 2008. It is about a young women who heads to the mountains to become a school teacher and the challenges she faces. There are two hunky guys she flirts with, too. This book does have religious tones while Christy questions and figures out what she believes. I think this book rings so true to me because I read it at an age when I was asking the same type of questions. I still enjoy the beauty of the story after repeat readings. T...more
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Read in September, 2007
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Liz Coxrecommends it for: those looking for an uplifting somewhat religious book
I enjoyed reading this book. It was pretty wholesome and has a great heroine. She learns a lot of lessons after she moves away from home to a poverty stricken area to teach school. It's a very charming book. It has some romance too (yay!) from TWO prospective men (one the local Dr. and the other a preacher). I also enjoyed the TV mini-series and 3 movies made after the series (made by PAX). I recommend this book to those who are looking for something uplifting, full of adventure, and roman...more
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This book was the basis for the beloved television series of the same name (starring Kellie Martin). It is based on the actual experiences of Catherine Marshall's mother at a remote mission school in Tennesee at the beginning of the 20th century. The story is intriguing just as a picture of life in that time period, but it's also fascinating for the issues and problems it tackles through Christy's eyes.
Two messages (of many) have stayed with me after reading this book: 1) Thank the Lord in *a...more
Two messages (of many) have stayed with me after reading this book: 1) Thank the Lord in *a...more
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recommends it for:
mountain lovers, people with good noses, locals, Christians
Christy is a sort of classic for our family. (the first book I ever wept over the romance in!) It's a true story set just over the mountain, in Tennessee, about a 19-year-old girl from Asheville who volunteers to teach at a mission and learns what it truly means to 'love your neighbor as yourself'.
Can be a tough book to read, dealing with disease, sex, rape, alcohol, death...life. Still PG-13. (Seriously. I first read this when I was...12? Comp...more
Can be a tough book to read, dealing with disease, sex, rape, alcohol, death...life. Still PG-13. (Seriously. I first read this when I was...12? Comp...more
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I read this at first because my mom had read it when she was thirteen (my age at the time). I loved it and read it multiple times through high school. Other notable things with this book was that in college I took a class in Appalachian Culture (favorite class, hands down). The professor asked us why we were taking the class, what sparked us to be here? Three-fourths of the girls said "Christy". Two summers ago my mom and I went to Gatlinburg, TN. We had just missed "Christy-fe...more
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One of my very favorite books! I first read this book in high school and it influenced me in so many ways..I think I wanted to be a teacher partly because of it. I have a daughter named Kristi partly because of it. I came to love the people of Cutter Gap and felt I knew them. Christy was definitely the heroine though..for her idealism, her desire to change the world, her skill and devotion as a teacher The religious tones of the book made me enjoy it all the more. It felt like non-fiction to me...more
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Read in January, 2004
I loved this book. I read it before I found out that Hallmark had based a TV series on it. Since I loved the book, I watched the series and was really disappointed. The series was mediocre, but I thought the book was great. I love that the story is true. It was fascinating to learn about life in Cutter Gap and discover the reasons behind many of their customs. I enjoyed the 18 year old heroine and her mentor. Through them I felt that I gained more insights into people and their relationsh...more
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The color of the Great Smokies and the characters and times of Cutter Gap are wonders I would never have experienced but for the vividness of this book. I have learned so much from it about so many of the things life holds in store for me--the workaday nitty-gritty and infinitely personal searches of the depths of the soul--that no one else has ever mentioned to me. As Christy survives a year of teaching, she and I strive to really know ourselves and our places in life. I will forever benefit fr...more
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recommends it for:
people who love stories set in the 1900's, teachers, those interested in Appalachia
I absolutely LOVED this book when I read it as a teenager. It is so REAL and so eye-opening, at least it was for me back then. I want to read it again. I think I loved it because of my fascination with one-room schools, teaching, and the backwoods living of the people in Cutter Gap.
Lovers of the TV series from about 10 years ago will enjoy the additional details included in the book (yes, it DOES explain which guy Christy chooses) but may be frustrated by all the characters that end up dy...more
Lovers of the TV series from about 10 years ago will enjoy the additional details included in the book (yes, it DOES explain which guy Christy chooses) but may be frustrated by all the characters that end up dy...more
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Read in August, 2008
I thought this was a beautiful story of a young woman who goes to teach deep in the smoky mountains (what is it that is so romantic about young teachers going off to rugged places...it reminded me of Tisha, one of my favorite books as a young girl). Through the story she comes to understand more who she is and what she believes. One of my favorite little themes was how being outdoors and in nature really helps us come to know ourselves and God. I thought it made it more interesting that the b...more
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Read in January, 1993
I read this book years ago. I remember enjoying it, but only as a once to read, not something that I'd want to ponder again. I don't remember much about it, except a slight annoyance that the story (based on the author's mother) seemed a bit self-aggrandizing. I think I would have liked it better without the personal connection, as that lent a certain incredulity to both the story line and the main character's numerous merits. While it wasn't so egregious as to kill all enjoyment, Christy seemed...more
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Read in January, 2000
This is a wonderful novel. I have read it several times, but the last I think was in high school. I like Catherine Marshall's writing style. I love how she created the characters. They are well developed and interesting. I remember when I first read it I was really into her relationship with the preacher, David. The next times it was all about the doctor, Neil. Granted, I knew the ending, but I think that the doctor is my favorite character, second to Christy. All in all, I very much enjoyed the...more
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Read in January, 1995
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my momrecommends it for: all girls everywhere
Christy, a naive school teacher, leaves her home to teach in a tiny town in the hills. She soon finds that the town is old-fashioned & almost backwards. She befriends the young pastor & an older gentleman in the town. Soon she finds that they both like her and she must choose between them. The story is not just a love story though. Christy finds herself dealing with narrowmindedness from many of the local families. She also works hard to help the students learn and grow.
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Read in January, 2000
This is one of my favorite books. Catherine Marshall has a talent for writing in a way that completely sucked me in to Christy's world and mind. The basic premise is that Christy, a young girl from a sheltered home, goes to the nether regions of Appalachia to teach school in the early 1900's. In doing so, she is forced to face many ugly and unpleasant things in the face, and comes to understand herself, her new backwoods friends, and God in a whole new light.
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Read in January, 1988
A truly inspirational book based on the life of Catherine Marshall's mother, a new teacher off to do good in the Smokey Mountains/Appalachian region. She encounters the mountain prejudice toward outsiders and runs full force into her own lack of knowledge of people and the world and yet from what I remember, she makes the best of several difficult situations. Real life at its finest. Books should lift us up and lead us to do good!
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Read in April, 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed this book based on a true story. This book takes you back in time and gives you some idea of how life was in at least part of the Appalachian mountains in the early part of the last century. It also helps you understand why the residents' history played a part in how they were living at a time when the rest of the world was bounding forward into a new world full of new innovations and inventions and knowledge.
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CHRISTY was published in 1967. Therefore, you could consider it an "old book." Nevertheless, it is a wonderfully comfortable book. It is based upon a true experience of the mother of the author, Catherine Marshall. Christy leaves her comfortable life to journey, at age 19, into the Great Smoky Mountains to Cumber Gap, Tennessee to an impoverished community to establish a school and teach their children. Absolutely wonderful!
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Read in January, 1998
Surprising, delightful, honest, insightful...I was truly mesmerized by this book, which proved to be a much more inspirational and well-constructed look into the sheltered existence of early twentieth century Appalachia than I expected. Don't go by the television series that our grandmothers recorded from the Disney channel and then made us watch. It has nothing to dowith Catherine Marshall's both sensitive and blunt narrative.
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