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Mothering on Perilous

Mothering on Perilous

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Number of Chapters: 29

Length: 4 hours and 39 minutes

Language: English

Cecelia Loring is alone in the world after the death of her mother and has come to the Kentucky mountains in search of work. Although very depressed from her loss she soon becomes caretaker of the garden at a school and not many days later finds herself quite busy as housemother to a group of energetic boys that keep running away from the school because of homesickness, especially Nucky, who seems to have the weight of the world on his shoulders, worrying about not being at home to help his brother Blant "keep lookout" for the Cheevers, who have been at war with the Marrses for years over a piece of land. Can she find a way to make the boys feel at home so they will stay and get an education? And can they begin to help her heal the broken places in her heart?

Lucy Furman based several of her novels, including Mothering on Perilous, on her years as a teacher and housemother at the Hindman Settlement School in Kentucky. Through her experiences at the school her writing vividly portrays the beauty, but also the harshness of mountain life. (summary by Laura Victoria)

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01 - Arrival on Perilous (Laura Victoria)
02 - Getting Acquainted (Laura Victoria)
03 - Acquiring a Family (Laura Victoria)
04 - War, not Peace (Laura Victoria)
05 - Getting Better Acquainted (Laura Victoria)
06 - A Trade and Other Matters (Laura Victoria)
07 - Heroes and Hero Worship (Laura Victoria)
08 - Dress, Chivalry and the Trojan War (Laura Victoria)
09 - More Trading, and Some Family History (Laura Victoria)
10 - About Mothers (Laura Victoria)
11 - Over on Trigger (Laura Victoria)
12 - The Fightingest Boy (Laura Victoria)
13 - Around the Fire (Laura Victoria)
14 - The Visit Home, and the Funeral Occasion (Laura Victoria)
15 - Trouble on Trigger and Elsewhere (Laura Victoria)
16 - Filial Piety and Croup (Laura Victoria)
17 - Blessings and Hatings (Laura Victoria)
18 - Christmas Anticipations (Laura Victoria)
19 - Christmas and Danger (Laura Victoria)
20 - War and Worse on Trigger (Laura Victoria)
21 - Suspense (Laura Victoria)
22 - The 'Eech,' and Tragedy (Laura Victoria)
23 - Despair, and Budding Romance (Laura Victoria)
24 - The Babe (Laura Victoria)
25 - Change and Growth (Laura Victoria)
26 - 'Marvles' and Marvels (Laura Victoria)
27 - Transformation (Laura Victoria)
28 - 'Keeps' (Laura Victoria)
29 - Liberty and New Life (Laura Victoria)
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