Ain't No Mountain

by Sharon Ewell Foster

Loneliness is a dark cloud over Baltimore for neighbors Mary, Puddin, and Moor. Unlucky in love and unhappy without it, they are each about to take a drastic step on the bumpy road of romance. Guided by advice from well-meaning friends, all three enter the dating scene in a different way and with often wildly amusing results. Humorous and heartwarming, their stumblings and successes ultimately bring valuable and unexpected lessons on life, love, and telling the truth.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Fiction

336 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

Reviews

[Joyce · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another book by Sharon Ewell Foster in which all the characters are African-American and the language and culture are definitely African-American. However, once again, the themes and messages of the book are for everyone, regardless or race or color. In this book, Foster focuses on the issues of being single and struggles with sexuality. The book has a very honest approach to issues faced by all single men and women but in the end encourages remaining sexually pure. There is definitely a strong Christian message woven throughout the book. One of the primary characters is Mary, a young woman feeling lonely after the death of her beloved grandmother. A group of her close friends are determined to help her 'get a man' in her life and persuade her to drastically change her appearance. In the meantime, Mary is mentoring 3 teenage girls through a program at her church and learning to get on their level in talking with them about the tough issues in their lives---living in the inner city. Mary finds new inner spiritual strength as novel progresses and finds answers to her struggles.

[Felicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an easy read, a cute and funny story. There were 3 main characters, but I found it very easy to follow the characters and the change in voices were done well. I did feel that it was quite forced at times, with the spiritual discussions the characters had, and found it kind of repetitive as well. Overall, I did enjoy this book, and would probably read something by this author again.

[Beryl White-Bing · Rating 5 out of 5]

i read this book for a class and actually was skeptical about the whole unrealistic expectations of Christian living. But the novel dealt with real issues in real ways. I loved it!

[Adrienna · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book had too many religious overtones for me. It was hard for me to relate to any of the characters.

[Anino · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seriously talented author who should not be ignored.

[Jennifer Bowers · Rating 3 out of 5]

African-American literature.

[pam graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read in a wonderful series.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

this wasn’t a book I enjoyed reading.

[Chichi Iwuorie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A really good book about love and finding oneself. I felt like there could have been more to the story. Overall good spiritual read.

[Shannan Harper · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story was more modern than most of the author's stories, but It was a really good and enjoyable read. I didn't and wasn't able to put the book down.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun to read, spiritually inspiring, lessons taught with humor and humility