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sally1's review
5.0
This was my second reading of this book. I first read it when it was new, and enough time has passed to allow me to feel it's new again. Homer Hickam is one of my favorite authors, and this story is one more example of how he allows the reader to feel as though we're in there among the characters.
I was listening to the audio version this time, and as it happened, I finished the book as I was driving through small West Virginia towns. Serendipitous.
I was listening to the audio version this time, and as it happened, I finished the book as I was driving through small West Virginia towns. Serendipitous.
sunny76's review
4.0
I have had this on a to read list for a while. I missed it when it came out in paperback. A return to coal mining, while not on the level of Rocket Boys, it is an enjoyable book. I wanted to know that the characters worked out their issues and that the mine survived early in the book.
leialocks's review against another edition
3.0
Song Hawkins is a NYC business queen who falls for a West Virginia coal miner, Cable. Complications arise when they decide to get married on a whim. Song finds out she's not cut out for life in Highcoal and Cable, the mine super, can't give up on his hometown. Will they ever find a compromise? Add in the town gossip, the governor, and the mystery of missing coal. An average read, I enjoyed it. The ending was a little sappy for me.
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