I am not spoiling anything by saying that story is centered on true events, including a disastrous mining accident-the book is dedicated to the people of Winter Quarters. Most of the main characters, including Owen Davis, the hero, are Welsh Mormons. She becomes part of the community, which includes many different nationalities, some Mormon, some not. After years of mean and neglectful treatment Della leaves the home of her aunt and uncle to teach primary school in Winter Quarters, Utah, a remote coal mining town, in 1899. She is the daughter of the family black sheep, abandoned by her mother (who never married her father), and raised by her father in mining camps in Colorado until his death in a mine accident. It is the story of Della Anders, a poor relation of a wealthy and powerful Salt Lake City attorney. My Loving Vigil Keeping is the third of Kelly’s Mormon/inspirational romances following Borrowed Light ( A | BN | K | S) and Enduring Light ( A | BN | K | S). Reviews for the Rita Reader Challenge in the Inspirational category have made me rethink my own wariness, and Susan's review does as well.
I think many people (myself included) are wary of inspirationals for fear of Too Much Preaching to the Reader, and also the possibility of actual Deux working some Ex Machina in the denouement. I thought her review was very thoughtful and interesting, and wanted to share it with you. Susan contacted me about her love of Carla Kelly books, and told me that she loves Kelly's writing so much that she followed the author into writing Mormon inspirationals, even though inspirationals are not Susan's most favoritest type of romance.
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