Red Helmet

Name: Red Helmet
Brand: Harper Christian
Availability: InStock
Author: Homer Hickam
ISBN: 9781401606046

Author: Homer Hickam

Narrator: Kirsten Potter

Unabridged: 4 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 10/01/2019

Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Clean & Wholesome Romance, Small Town & Rural

Synopsis

Can their love survive the difference in their circumstances?Song Hawkins is a beautiful, tough, but lonely New York City businesswoman who thinks she's met the man of her dreams in Cable Jordan, the superintendent of a West Virginia coal mine. But soon after they impulsively marry, Song realizes they're in big trouble. She can't imagine life outside of New York, and Cable has no intention of leaving his beloved town of Highcoal.Song's visit to the little mining community only makes things worse. It looks like the marriage is over. But in a shocking turn of events, Song realizes it's up to her to put on the red helmet of the new coal miner and descend into the deep darkness. There she faces her greatest challenge with choices and courage that will forever impact the life of Cable and the entire town.Sweet and thoughtful contemporary readStand-alone novelBook length: 86,000 wordsIncludes discussion questions for book clubs

About Homer Hickam

Homer Hickam (also known as Homer H. Hickam, Jr.) is the bestselling and award-winning author of many books, including the #1 New York Times memoir Rocket Boys, which was adapted into the popular film October Sky. A writer since grade school, he is also a Vietnam veteran, a former coal miner, a scuba instructor, an avid amateur paleontologist, and a retired engineer. He lives in Alabama and the Virgin Islands.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve

I related to this book which captured my interest in a number of ways. First, I was born in a small coal mining town in Eastern Pennsylvania, after bigger and better things I returned to this backward little minded town with a NYC wife who happened to be of Latin decent. I experienced first hand the......more

Goodreads review by Christina

I saw this book in a store in my recent vacation in West Virginia and was looking forward to it -- a story set in a modern West Virginia coal mining town. I'd read about historic coal mining and was curious what it's like today. Unfortunately, this turned out to be one of the worst books I've encoun......more

Goodreads review by Jon

If you like stores about woman to push the boundaries set for them by society / custom, I recommend: Red Helmet by Homer Hickham. Hickham grew up in the coal fields of West Virginia. Although he went away and learned rocket science, he has become the unofficial author in residence for the state......more

Goodreads review by JOHN WEIR

Homesick Loved it made homesick for West Virginia and the little town i lived in Thurmond down on the New river.......more

Goodreads review by Katherine

I read quite a lot of fiction, most I like, but once in a while there's a story that I love. Red Helmet is one of them. I grew up in an area where strip mines were an eyesore. Hills were scraped away to get at coal. For much of the time when the coal ran out, the mess was left just as it was. (Later......more