The Dream Bucket (Covington Chronicles) Paperback – September 10, 2015

1909, Hot Coffee (town). Trudy Cameron (10, daughter/sister) listened as William Cameron (husband/papa), & Zoe Cameron (wife/mother), were arguing as usual. SLAP!Marcie (stuffed monkey) was Trudy’s constant comfort.Billy Cameron (older son/brother) & Trudy walked to the Gravel Hill Elementary.Cameron household. Mr. Samuel “Sam” Benton (eligible suitor) & Ms. Eleanor Anne Broderick (teacher, Greenville) were enjoying the evening meal with the family.Guess who came to the schoolhouse.Summer was finally here for all the kids.Trudy (aka Princess), & Billy (aka Junior) had arrived home. Unfortunately, there was nothing left of the house/barn.All the personal belongings were gone.Zoe (31, nee Whitten) was covered with soot.William had tried to save some family heirlooms but didn’t make it out of the house fire alive.The 1st night the family stayed with Uncle Stuart Cameron & Aunt Melva Cameron.Magee Trutledge (wife/mother) had started to push already. #14 had arrived.William Cameron Sr. died. Reverend Black officiated the funeral service/burial.Elvin Trutledge vagrant Muhlenberg County, KY) was blamed for stealing.4 Pinkerton Detectives: Billy Jack, Trudy Cameron, Bailey Benton, & Buddy Benton found him innocent.Marshal Canterbury arrested Jethro McKenzie. But the money was nowhere to be found.Will Samuel (father), & Zoe (mother) fall in love & get married.Warning: This book contains adult content, or violence, which is only suitable for mature readers. It may be offensive or have potential adverse psychological effects on the reader.I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.A very awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very well written 19th century rural country book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great 19th century rural country movie, or better yet a mini TV series. To be continued. There is no doubt in my mind this is a very easy rating of 5 stars.Thank you for the free author; DailyFreeBooks; Amazon Digital Services LLC.; bookTony Parsons MSW (Washburn)

Can you believe it's been a month since we moved into this place in the country? And it's taken almost a whole month for me to read this book. It fit the mood for me. Here we are in a town with a population of around 1000 people. Where town is a mile and a half away, and we have no car. So we're learning to walk to get our groceries, to get our mail (There is no door to door postal delivery), to get to the library, which is only open three times a week. Needless to say, the pants are getting looser. I'm starting to have more energy. And I obviously have a lot less reading time than I used to have. So here we go...Reading this book was like getting to know one of the neighbors. Here is a mom, suddenly single, when her husband dies in a fire in their home. She's just trying to get by, the best way she can with what she's got. Meanwhile, she's learning what she didn't know before. She's learning To do what her husband used to do and learning how to do it herself. She learns what her children know. She learns what she must do and what she can delegate to her children or to her neighbors.One of the problems I had with this book was trying to decide whose point of view I was reading in. Was it Zoe the mother, or Trudy, the daughter? I found Trudy to be a bit bossy and a little too self-righteous for a little girl. There were other things that were equally upsetting. Without giving away spoilers, it would be hard to pinpoint these problems. But one of them has to do with a slap and why in any world that was necessary.This book is labeled Christian historical romance. I knew that going in. But I have to admit, it was the cover picture of that shack that drew me in. It looked kind of like my old barn. Or any of the barns around this town. But even not knowing that it is labeled Christian, the way the bits that are Christian are put in seemed fitting. Prayers are used to show the worry of the character. The few scriptures that are sprinkled into the book are words to live by basically. None of it felt like it was proselytizing the reader.A quick note of the word romance: it is a nice quiet romance. Nobody is becoming insane over their lack of a person. Just two people who've learned to love each other and rely on each other. Pretty rare in a book called romance.I'm glad I read the book. I'm glad I'm finished with the book. It was free when I got it. So I got my money's worth. If you feel like slowing down your life to a crawl, this might be the book for you.

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