Product Description
Crystal Spangler lives in rural Appalachia. She's the apple of her mother's eye -- not yet beautiful, but she will be. She's the most popular girl at Black Rock High. She makes cheerleader, gets good grades, and is elected beauty queen. Crystal discovers God, goes to college, and falls in love. When she comes home, she's disheveled and confused. Crystal becomes a wealthy politician's wife. But there's something calling her, drawing her back to where it all began, in the shadow of Black Mountain . . .
From the Paperback edition.
Reviews:
Denise C Clemens (USA: NC) (2010/08/16): I liked the book. I consider it a type of character study that did not end as I thought it would. This is one of those books that for weeks after reading it, it kept coming back to me. It is an engaging read.