Spring Canyon Legacy 1: Holding On
by Lori H. Riddle
Take a journey to Spring Canyon, Utah, a rural community full of friends and neighbors who love and help each other, even though they come from different cultural backgrounds and religions.
This book is historical fiction from the small Utah community of Spring Canyon in 1932. One of the main characters is the author's grandmother. It is a tale of courage and the power of love and hope. Warm and uplifting, the story takes you on a wonderful journey of discovery.
Each day, the residents of Spring Canyon face the prospect of losing a loved one to an unforseen disaster, when a husband or son is mercilessly torn from a family. Yet they continue to struggle on, trying to improve their lives in spite of the hardships they face.
Nels Henningson confronts this battle every day, trying to hold on to his family in spite of the severe stomach ulcers that wrench him with pain. When conflict arises in his brother's family, the stress on his already-fragile stomach takes his life.
When two workers' unions begin recruiting some of the people in the town, Nels in undecided as to which course he should pursue, especially since one of the unions appears to have ties to the communists. As a contentious spirit begins to divide friend against friend, the turmoil threatens to destroy their peaceful community.
How will the Henningson children be affected by this turmoil as their friends are removed from their lives? Will Clara Belle be able to rise above the depression and darkness that has engulfed her for so many years?
Is Grant's and Joesph's "harmless" prank going to be discovered and put them in jail? Is Rose Marie's secret life going to tear her from the family? And what will happen to sweet Hannah that hovers near death from an epidemic illness?
Through it all, the Henningsons and their friends will strive to find peach by Holding On to their faith and those things that matter the most.
An appendix at the end of the book reveals what is fact and what is fiction!
This is Utah historical fiction at its best!
496 pages
Published: September 2004
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"Lori Riddle captures well the flavor and spirit of the poignant struggles and joys of life in Spring Canyon. Her natural and effective dialogue brings her characters to life. This is a good read. I recommend it." --Dr. Winslow Hurst
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