SOLVED. Set in Appalachia. Wayfaring Stranger song is quoted throughout. Main character is woman or girl who goes to creek and finds a rock in the shape of a baby and cradles it. [s]

[Gaia]

I think the neighbor is an old woman who plays Wayfaring Stranger on a dulcimer. Loved this book when I was younger pls help me find it! Read the book 5+ years ago.

[Rainbowheart]

Do you think the main character was a teenager or a younger child?

Any idea why she was cradling the rock? Was there a real baby in the story who died?

Was it set in modern times?

[Paige]

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

This might be useful.

[Becca]

Pretty sure this is Road to Tater Hill by Edith M. Hemingway. Here's the Google Books preview in case you need to check:
https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

[Gaia]

Becca wrote: "Pretty sure this is Road to Tater Hill by Edith M. Hemingway. Here's the Google Books preview in case you need to check:
https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio......"

That's it! Thank you!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Can you give us an update on your other thread?

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...