WHEN THE MOUNTAIN CRUMBLED by ANGELA K COUCH is the beautifully told story of a historical disaster that struck the mining town of Frank in Western Canada on the 29th April 1903, when the Turtle Mountain collapsed and a huge landslide crushed the town. The novel forms part of the A Day to Remember series and is true to history, with the addition of fictional characters that enhance rather than take away from the story.
It is a story about love, hope, forgiveness, and new beginnings, and is strongly based on the words of Psalm 46:11, “Be still and know that I am God.” I like to see how Nathan Stanford, of the North-West Mounted Police, not only takes on his brother’s orphaned children and a prim schoolmarm, but has a notebook in which he records the many miracles that are taking place in spite of the disaster………
Schoolteacher Samantha Ingles is reminded of her own deep loss. Her sad and lonely upbringing have not prepared her for what she must face in looking after three little girls…….
I cannot recommend When the Mountain Crumbled highly enough.
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Barbour Publishing. The opinions in this review arecompletely my own.

I can only say that I've enjoyed each book in this series but this one so far is the saddest.
It offers hope mostly. Hope on how to get through something as awful as they had experienced. That had to be hard losing loved ones like that.
Learning how to survive each day as it comes and how to get past it. I simply can't imagine. I cried through most of it but also smiling in a few places too.
I also find myself learning and looking up these disasters as each book comes out and I think I like the Ringling brothers the best.
Ms. Couch has done a wonderful job with bringing this story to life.
I kept rooting and holding my breath for these wonderful characters as they might find their place in life.
5 stars for an amazing read! One I couldn't put down. I didn't want it to end and look forward to the next one.
I highly recommend!
My thanks to Barbour and Netgalley for a copy of this heartfelt story that will be a day of rememberance.