Lamb in His Bosom

Here is an extraordinary story of a pioneer family in the Georgia wilderness before the Civil War. It tells of the Carvers, their children and their children's children, of births and deaths, loves and marriages, heroism and sins. And as a background, rich in color and detail, it paints the ceaseless toil and danger of pioneer life. Running through the book as an ever-present theme is the story of the deep and steadfast love of Cean and Lonzo. In contrast to this love, the author has described love of another sort, tempestuous, passionate and adventurous. Mrs. Miller above all understands the workings of the human heart. With sure touch she reveals the emotions of her characters — their wisdom and their ignorance, their unexpected weaknesses, their fortitude, their perversity. It is a story rich in human values, steeped in a rugged Americanism and as full of color and warmth as a hand-woven mountain shawl.