Binding: Paperback
Description: It's one thing to say you can find what people need - - it's another to actually do it. It's 1932 and Sullivan Harris is on the run. An occasionally successful dowser he promised the people of Kline West Virginia that he would find them water. But when wells turned up dry he disappeared with their cash just a step or two ahead of Jeremiah Weber who was elected to run him down. Postmistress Gainey Floyd is suspicious of Sulley's abilities when he appears in her town but reconsiders after new wells fill with sweet water. Rather it's Sulley who grows uneasy when his success makes folks wonder if he can find more than water - - like forgotten items or missing people. He lights out to escape such expectations and runs smack into something worse. Hundreds of men have found jobs digging the Hawks Nest Tunnel - - but what they thought was a blessing is killing them. And no one seems to care. Here Sulley finds something new - - a desire to help. With it he becomes an unexpected catalyst bringing Jeremiah and Gainey together to find what even he has forgotten: hope." Sarah Loudin Thomas never disappoints! The Finder of Forgotten Things brings together a rich cast of characters each at war with conflicting desires and ultimately destined to decide whether even in the worst events redemption waits to be discovered." - - LIS a Wingate New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends" In a hardscrabble 1930s setting complex characters wrestle with justice mercy inequality honesty and the fact that they are all prodigals still searching for the way home. Loudin Thomas delivers a stunning tale of one of the worst industrial disasters in U. S. history underlined with a moral imperative to love one's neighbor that still hits home today." - - Library Journal" Loudin Thomas introduces a multifaceted cast desperately trying to survive the Great Depression in 1930s West Virginia in this strong historical . The small - town plot's set against the real - life Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster . giving Loudin Thomas impetus to underline the impact of acts of caring in a community." - - Publishers Weekly
Title: The Finder Of Forgotten Things
Author(s): Thomas Sarah Loudin
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Barcode: 9780764238352
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 12/7/2021
Category: Historical Fiction