Lamb in his Bosom

by Caroline Miller

Paperback

Published January 1, 2011

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[Monica · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is some beautiful writing here, along with an important depictions of rural antebellum life in Middle Georgia

[Shawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some books have a richness and a glowing about them that every word flows like poetry even if it is describing something like backwoods Georgian planters in pre-Civil war Georgia. The story of the Carvers and the Smiths mainly centered and beginning on young Caen's wedding day is at once intimate and sprawling, laden with so many hardships, tragedies and scandals that one would think it impossible for such a small, isolated community to take on such a burden.

Miller lovingly crafted her characters and nimbly skips from one to the other to expand their thoughts and lay bare their secrets. And all of these characters secretly think they are all sinners, secrets or no, all struggling under the weight of simple piety working to fulfill their roles in God's plan. It's a world long ago lost in modern civilization, of the staggering idea that a person might be born and never see the ocean and know only the span of miles around their place of birth.

A warning: reading this may make you wonder why you've chosen to waste your life given all the modern ease and opportunities these folks never had.