Christian fiction

What Momma Left Behind

by Cindy K. Sproles

256 pages · First published 2020

In the Appalachian mountains of 1877, Worie Dressar is left reeling after her mother’s death and suddenly responsible for a homestead she never expected to manage alone. She discovers that her mother had been quietly feeding and protecting children orphaned by poverty and disease, leaving Worie with a legacy far larger than property. Family conflict and unanswered questions about her mother’s final actions deepen Worie’s anger even as vulnerable children increasingly depend on her. Cindy K. Sproles’s historical novel combines Appalachian hardship, grief, faith, and found family around a young woman discovering that what her mother left behind was a calling as much as a burden.