Harp on the Willow

by B. J. Hoff

Overview

Love is patient and kind...1 Corinthians 13:4

West Virginia, 1869

Three years ago, Dr. Daniel Kavanagh settled down in the quaint town of Mount Laurel and established a medical practice there. The single doctor has been nursing an unrequited crush on Serena Norman, the local schoolteacher.

Just down the road lies the coal mining town of Owenduffy, considered by most in Mount Laurel to be a backwoods hamlet. When the mine company's doctor abandons his post, Daniel agrees to visit one day a week, much to the consternation of his fellow residents, including his secret love, Serena.

Addie Rose, the daughter of an Owenduffy coal miner, has a gift for caring for others. When a receptionist position in Daniel's office suddenly becomes available, what windows of opportunity will God open for Addie Rose—just a job, a possible career as a nurse, or maybe something more?

Harp on the Willow is a touching tale of true love, the kind that can only come from a Savior who first loved us.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736920674
Publisher:	Harvest House Publishers
Publication date:	02/06/2018
Series:	Mt. Laurel Memories Series , #1
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

BJ Hoff’ s bestselling historical novels continue to cross the boundaries of religion, language, and culture to capture a worldwide reading audience. Her books include Song of Erin and American Anthem and such popular series as The Riverhaven Years, The Mountain Song Legacy, and The Emerald Ballad. Hoff’ s stories, although set in the past, are always relevant to the present. Whether her characters move about in small country towns or metropolitan areas, reside in Amish settlements or in coal company houses, she creates communities where people can form relationships, raise families, pursue their faith, and experience the mountains and valleys of life. BJ and her husband make their home in Ohio.

Editorial Reviews

12/11/2017
In this gripping work, Hoff (American Anthem) probes the quiet life of Irish-American country doctor Daniel Kavanagh in the prosperous farm community of Mount Laurel, N.J. in the years immediately following the Civil War. Daniel’s life is simple and consistent; he tends to patients and carries on a low-key romance with the local school mistress, Serena Norman. Nearby is the largely immigrant mining town of Owenduffy, divided from Mount Laurel by a “river of social, religious, and economic differences.” Dr. Kavanagh doesn’t normally practice in Owenduffy, but when the alcoholic mining town doctor is nowhere to be found and a young boy comes to beg help for his ailing sister, he puts his misgivings aside. There he encounters Addie Rose Murphy, a young woman who helps care for the sick of Owenduffy. As Dr. Kavanagh spends more and more time tending to patients on both sides of the river in the midst of a scarlet fever epidemic, he must confront his own limitations, Serena’s disapproval of his new work, and his growing feelings for Addie Rose. Hoff’s enjoyable historical romance strikingly displays the murky water of class differences and the challenges of life for immigrants through the ethical eyes of Dr. Kavanagh. (Feb.)

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