Christy must decide whether to continue teaching in Cutter Gap, a poor mountain hamlet, or to return to her hometown where she would be more comfortable and saf

The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. Th

When Christy is offered a chance to teach in her hometown, she faces a difficult decision. Will her train ride back to Cutter Gap be a journey home or a last fa