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Title of Book: The Wind Harp Author: B.J. Hoff ISBN-13: 978-0-7369-1458-1 (pbk) Publisher: Harvest House Publishers Publication Date: Aug 2006 Reviewer: Dell Smith Klein By B.J. Hoff
Maggie MacAuley is happy far away from Skingle Creek, far away from the poverty and pain of her childhood. She is happy teaching for Mrs. Addams at Hull House. When she comes home for a visit, she has no idea her life could change so radically. She makes a decision to remain at Skingle Creek and her old teacher, Mr. Stuart, who is now principal of the small Skingle Creek school, asks her to teach. Maggie couldn’t be happier. Mr. Stuart has always been her hero. She remembers sitting in his classroom as a child. Now, she would be the teacher in that same classroom. So much is going on in Skingle Creek. Maggie’s father has been in a mine accident. He is determined to stay on the job and to keep his young son Ray out of the mine. Then her sister returns and with her comes a terrible secret. B.J. Hoff and her husband James live in Ohio. Hoff is a former church music director and music teacher. Hoff says that she and her husband share a love of music, books and their family. Reviewer’s Comments: B.J. Hoff’s THE WIND HARP carries the reader right into the hills and hollers of Northeastern Kentucky. Several readers have called her writing “lyrical.” I call it mesmerizing. THE WIND HARP is a part of Hoff’s The Mountain Song Legacy Series. Her first novel in this series, A DISTANT MUSIC, kept me spellbound from beginning to end. THE WIND HARP has enough twists and turns to keep the reader interested. The fact that Maggie MacAuley and Jonathan Stuart’s began to sense an attraction for each other was exciting. That she had once been Jonathan’s student did not bother me, until the fact was mentioned so often that it became uncomfortable. I almost set the book aside. I’m glad I didn’t. The ending of the book was—ooops, sorry, but I can’t tell the ending, but keep reading. It’s worth it. Oh, and by the way, she has a third book in this series coming out this fall, THE SONG WEAVER. Can’t wait. |
