The Saints of Swallow Hill

By: Donna Everhart

Narrated by: Amy Melissa Bentley

During the Great Depression, labor camps crop up in remote areas throughout the American South. Destitute workers live under terrible conditions. Trapped in these isolated locations, workers are entirely dependent on the often greedy, abusive camp owners who provide food and housing at grossly inflated prices. But for the most desperate among America's vast unemployed, these camps are often the last and only option.

This much is true for three individuals whose lives intersect in the deep woods of Georgia at the Swallow Hill turpentine camp in 1932. For Rae Lynn Cobb, a young woman disguised as a man, Swallow Hill offers distance and anonymity from those who would wrongly imprison her for killing her husband. For a charming bachelor named Del Reese, it's a place where backbreaking work might drown out memories of a recent trauma.

But Swallow Hill is no easy haven. The camp is ruled by a sadistic boss named Crow and the greedy commissary owner Otis Riddle, a man who takes out his frustrations on his wife, Cornelia. Del and "Ray Cobb" are tested as they struggle to survive harsh, brutal conditions. As Rae Lynn forges a deeper friendship with Del and Cornelia, she begins to envision a path out of the camp. But she will have to come to terms with her past before she can open herself to a new life and seize the chance to begin again....

©2022 Donna Everhart (P)2022 Tantor

Very interesting book

Very interesting book kept me engaged while listening to it definitely would recommend it it could read

Regarding the South

Readers were great!! These story line was amazing!! Really enjoyed all of the chapters and the ending!!

Wonderful Story!

I loved the character development in this story! It made the story engaging and wonderful!

Too long and repetitive.

This story needed more “wins” or positives earlier in the story. The characters were great and I got invested in them but it felt very dreary for the majority of the book

Great book for free!

This was a great book! Enjoyable believable story, well narrated and not totally predictable like most. I really enjoyed it and will look for more by this author!