Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance's Reviews > The Mountains Under Her Feet

Isabel King is ordinary. Isabel is an ordinary girl who is forced to become the caregiver in the family when she is only a child. Isabel is an ordinary woman who is forced to make difficult decisions when those she cares about are gone or have let her down. As Isabel faces these hard challenges, Isabel grows in her strength and her character.

She's ordinary, yes, but she is also extraordinary.

The Mountains Under Her Feet is a beautifully written, emotionally moving story of a courageous girl who develops into a courageous woman. The story is set in the last century in rural America, a time and a spot in the world where women had no place at the table, a time and place where people of Cherokee heritage had no place at the table. Isabel has both of these strikes against her, and yet she finds a way to push back against these obstacles and create a new path in life for herself in the day when doing such things was almost unheard of.

I loved following Isabel's life and I'd love to see where she goes next.