The first gift

"Bringing to mind classics like Catherine Marshall's Christy, society's standards are put to the test and a Northern Appalachian town comes together to save a neglected child in Ruth Logan Herne's new romance, The First Gift. This poignant novel tells the story of five-year-old Cassie Carruthers, who lives in a bug-infested shack in the hills of Western New York's Southern Tier. Her mother has died and Cassie spends her days fending for herself w...