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Karen Cecil Smith

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Historical Fiction, Biography, Children's

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Karen Cecil Smith is a biographer, poet, and award-winning children's picture book author and novelist. Her first book, a biography entitled Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife (1844-1939), is about a Virginia woman who gave birth to and lost 24 babies before becoming a midwife. Although Orlean Puckett delivered over a thousand babies in her community, she was much more than a midwife. She was a strong mountain woman who carried food to her husband John and other Civil War deserters who hid out in the hills from the Home Guard. She was a loyal neighbor and friend who fed anyone who came to her door. Although she couldn't read or write, Orlean Puckett was a wise and humorous woman. Using extensive research and interviews, Karen wa ...more

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	Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939 3.90 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	An Old Salem Christmas, 1840 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Growing Edge Vol. 2 by Tom Alexander, Karen Cecil Smith (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polterguests by Jane K. Andrews (Editor), Karen Cecil Smith (Goodreads Author), K.N. Johnson (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I would have been glad if it had been the Lord's will to let one of my children live.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939

tags: family, grief

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“Child, there's a sayin' every fishmonger has. When you buy land, you buy stones. When you buy fish, you buy bones.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Pillow of Thorns

tags: humor

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“Biscuits are rough, potatoes are tough. I pray to God we all get enough.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Pillow of Thorns

tags: humor

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“For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”
― John, The Book of John

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“No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning

tags: books, companionship, friends, friendship, god, reading, religion

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“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”
― Anne Frank

tags: candle, darkness, illumination, misattributed

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“My little old dog
a heart-beat
at my feet”
― Edith Wharton

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