About the Book
Book: When Dignity Came to Harlan
Author: Rebecca Duvall Scott
Genre: Christian Historical Fiction
Release date: January 17, 2021
I made up my mind right then and there that I would just have to wade into this move like wading into a pond or lake I’d never seen before – slow and steady, feeling around for my footing and trying to avoid the sharp edges at the bottom that you never see coming.
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News of what really happened to me – to us – spread through town like wildfire. It caught from one dry gossip tree to another and burned them to the ground with shame.
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”Y’can do this, child – show ’em why I call y’Dignity,” my old friend winked at me.
Skillfully written and sure to draw you in to its pages, When Dignity Came to Harlan is set in the early 1900s and follows twelve-year-old Anna Beth Atwood as she leaves Missouri with her family dreaming of a better life in the coal-rich mountains of Harlan County, Kentucky. Anna Beth’s parents lose everything on the trip, however, and upon asking strangers to take their girls in until they get on their feet, Anna Beth and her baby sister are dropped into the home of Jack and Grace Grainger – who have plenty of problems of their own. Anna Beth suffers several hardships during her time in Harlan, and if it wasn’t for her humble and wise old friend who peddles his wisdom along with his wares, all would be lost.
Based on a true family history, this is a story of heartbreak and hope, challenges and perseverance, good and evil, justice and merciful redemption. It exemplifies the human experience in all its many facets and shows what it means to have real grit.
Take the journey with us and see how, with the unseen hand of God, one girl changed the heart and soul of an entire town.
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About the Author
Rebecca Duvall Scott is an award-winning author with titles holding #1 bestseller within her publishing companies long after release. Her first work was self-help memoir, Sensational Kids, Sensational Families: Hope for Sensory Processing Differences, which she wrote in the years following her son’s sensory processing disorder diagnosis and their family’s successful treatment plan. While her special-needs advocacy helping parents, teachers, and professionals better understand individuals with SPD has a large part of her heart, her roots have always been in historical fiction. Her long-awaited Christian historical fiction novel, When Dignity Came to Harlan, was based on her great-grandmother’s childhood, and Teaching Dignity continues the tender and heroic story. She looks forward to writing more in both the Dignity and Sensational Kids series.
In addition to writing, Rebecca enjoys family, church, educating her children at home, painting, and directing a local homeschool cooperative organization where she works hard to accommodate all special needs.
More from Rebecca
From the time I was a little girl, my grandmother would gather me around her kitchen table – usually with homemade peach pies – and tell me stories of our forebears. I found the experiences of those who came before me to be both tragic and joyful, but most of all I found them worthy of being told and never forgotten. When I was 16, I started taking notes on everything my grandmother could remember about her mother (one of the humblest and most heroic of my ancestors) and as a senior in college, I turned in the first 70 pages of the manuscript based on her childhood, When Dignity Came to Harlan. I’ll never forget how on graduation day, my creative writing teacher shook my hand and said, “Rebecca, please finish the story.” It took years to finish my debut novel… I think because I had to grow up and develop a deep enough emotional well to do it justice… but finish the story I did. Little did I know, however, this bestselling and award-winning book, the one I was always meant to write, would be the starter of a new, yet powerfully old-fashioned, Christian historical fiction series!
Blog Stops
deb’s Book Review, February 12
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, February 13
Inklings and notions, February 14
Texas Book-aholic, February 15
Locks, Hooks and Books, February 16
For Him and My Family, February 17
Babbling Becky L’s Book Impressions, February 18
Abba’s Prayer Warrior Princess, February 18
A Modern Day Fairy Tale, February 19 (Spotlight)
Jeanette’s Thoughts, February 19
Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama, February 20
Ashley’s Clean Book Reviews, February 21
Connie’s History Classroom, February 22
Lots of Helpers, February 23
Elly Gilbert, February 23
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, February 24
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, February 25
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Rebecca is giving away the grand prize package of signed copies of When Dignity Came to Harlan and Teaching Dignity, a handmade ornament, and popular early 1900s candy!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/1a45d/when-dignity-comes-to-harlan-celebration-tour-giveaway
My Review
When Dignity Came to Harlan is the first book from Rebecca Duvall Scott’s Dignity series. It is, also, my first introduction to her books. It will definitely not be the last. I enjoyed going back in time to the early twentieth century Kentucky. I found it interesting that it is based on true events. I thought it was an inspiring story of having faith and redemption. It had some heart wrenching moments that tugged on my heart but gave me hope in how the characters were able to persevere through what they endured.
I am giving When Dignity Came to Harlan a very well deserved five plus stars. I highly recommend it for readers who enjoy reading clean historical fiction. I look forward to the next installment from the Dignity series.
I received a digital copy of When Dignity Came to Harlan from the publisher, but was not required to write a positive review. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion.