**Thor Norgaard hasn't spoken to anyone in his twenty-eight years, but when the young widow he loves crosses an ocean to live on his Appalachian farm, this reclusive alcoholic will brave much more than words to heal her heart.** When Aven Norgaard leaves Norway to serve as housekeeper to her...
**Thor Norgaard hasn't spoken to anyone in his twenty-eight years, but when the young widow he loves crosses an ocean to live on his Appalachian farm, this reclusive alcoholic will brave much more than words to heal her heart.**
When Aven Norgaard leaves Norway to serve as housekeeper to her late husband's cousins in Appalachia, she expects lads in need of care, not three grown men-each in need of a wife and bound by a powerful brotherhood. As the men carve out a living by brewing artisan liquor, young Haakon's pursuit tempts Aven's lonely spirit ... but it is his deaf brother, Thor, whose silent strength shows her the depths of real love.
Unable to speak to any woman, Thor Norgaard never anticipates Aven will befriend him, let alone treat him as her safe harbor. Though hard cider is their livelihood and his greatest talent, he fights his way to sobriety with Haakon's help, defying the bottle for Aven's hand-only to face a battle of the heart that tests even the strongest bonds of brotherhood.
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**Thor Norgaard hasn't spoken to anyone in his twenty-eight years, but when the young widow he loves crosses an ocean to live on his Appalachian farm, this reclusive alcoholic will brave much more than words to heal her heart.** When Aven Norgaard leaves Norway to serve as housekeeper to her...
**Thor Norgaard hasn't spoken to anyone in his twenty-eight years, but when the young widow he loves crosses an ocean to live on his Appalachian farm, this reclusive alcoholic will brave much more than words to heal her heart.**
When Aven Norgaard leaves Norway to serve as housekeeper to her late husband's cousins in Appalachia, she expects lads in need of care, not three grown men-each in need of a wife and bound by a powerful brotherhood. As the men carve out a living by brewing artisan liquor, young Haakon's pursuit tempts Aven's lonely spirit ... but it is his deaf brother, Thor, whose silent strength shows her the depths of real love.
Unable to speak to any woman, Thor Norgaard never anticipates Aven will befriend him, let alone treat him as her safe harbor. Though hard cider is their livelihood and his greatest talent, he fights his way to sobriety with Haakon's help, defying the bottle for Aven's hand-only to face a battle of the heart that tests even the strongest bonds of brotherhood.
Sons of Blackbird Mountain (#01 in Blackbird Mountain Novel Series)$30.99
Koorong code503235
ISBN9780718099107
Pages352
PublisherThomas Nelson Publishers
Publication date21 November 2018
Dimensions24 x 140 x 215mm
Weight0.317kg
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Aven was born in Ireland, married from the workhouse, widowed in Norway, and has now arrived in Blackbird Mountain, Virginia, to the only family she has left-even though it's a distant link. \\r\\nOne of the most interesting aspects of Sons of Blackbird Mountain was the character of Thor. Thor has been Deaf since birth. He reads lips, and communicates through American Sign Language (ASL), and through writing notes. It's fascinating to read this insight into Deaf life and culture in a time gone by. Thor is interesting for another reason: he's in charge of the family cidery, brewing beverages that keep the family in fine style. \\r\\n\\r\\nAnd he's an alcoholic. That's an issue for Aven, because her late husband was an alcoholic, and it killed him. Sons of Blackbird Mountain has plenty of conflict, and plenty of issues for the characters to deal with. It's a gripping read with fascinating and original characters, and plenty of emotion. The writing is strong, although Bischof does have this weird habit of using odd sentence fragments-something I love in contemporary fiction, but which feels out of place in a historical novel. But that's a minor niggle in an otherwise strong novel. \\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\nThanks to Thomas Nelson and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.
