Chapters 5 - 6 Summary

The next morning Christy wakes, sore, tired, and still a little hazy as to where she is. At first she thinks that everything is still a dream, but the reality of the tiny bedroom where she slept tells her that something of what she remembers actually happened. She looks out the window and immediately feels embraced by the view of the Great Smoky Mountains, and is filled with awe and energy from beholding them. Christy meets Ida Grantland, who functions as a cook and housekeeper for her brother, the pastor. Ida is a nervous woman whose hands and fingers are never at rest. She is tall, thin, with a little hair pulled back into a tiny bun. She is proud to be doing a service for her brother. It is hard to determine right at this point in the story what...