Heaven-high and Hell-deep

Laine's Beech Mountain Story, Book 1

By: Peggy Poe Stern

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

A mountain girl in the early 1900’s copes with a marriage arranged by her dad. Her story is titled from an old saying “I own my land, heaven-high and hell-deep.” “Your pa gave his consent for us to marry,” he said the words as though it was a simple matter. It wasn’t a romantic proposal of love and devotion. It wasn’t a proposal at all. I opened my mouth but nothing came out. I tried again. “I don’t know your name,” I managed to say as I felt my chest constrict. There was a pain in me that started at my toes and went to the roots of my hair. Dad had come up with a solution to his problem. I could either marry this stranger, go to Granny Mable, or I could join the little Munson girl and sleep in barns and steal food from people. Great choices I had been given by the man I thought would love me regardless. “My name is Rafford Johnson. You can call me Rafe for short.” I swallowed a couple of times. “You’re a man. Why would you want to marry me? I’m not really old enough to marry a grown man.”

Struggle

This was a good story..what would have made it exceptional was a real voice, not the robot. It was struggle to listen to nut the way moved along was appealing to me. The characters were well thought out. Unrealistic in the manner of the characters interacting. So yes, gaps of what could be filled in were plenty but over all it was a story I enjoyed.

Automated Voice thumbs down. Story Good!

I enjoyed the story because it showed her passage to strength. She was strong all the way and it worked.

A hard working lady being taken advantage of

A good book of a lady who didn’t mind hard work, yet so many just wanted her to wait on them. Her dad made her marry a man who just wanted her as a slave and how she handled that doing her best

Good story

Awful narration. No inflection just monotone throughout. This virtual voice option is bad. Need a real person to read

Love Peggy Poe's Books

Not the greatest narration, but one of Peggy's best books! Great story of life in the mountains!