Synopses & Reviews
Dirt-poor, sensitive as poets, and proud as kings, the Powell family has lived on a Georgia mountaintop for generations. Then, during the 1960's, young Ursula Powell's father convinces the Tiber family, owners everything in nearby Tiberville, to commission a huge iron sculpture of a bear for the town. Decades later the strange sculpture - rejected by the townspeople and left to rust on the Powell farm - symbolizes a family's failure and thwarted dreams. But, unknown to Ursula, it is now worth such a huge fortune that the artist's embittered son, Quentin Ricconni, is coming to reclaim it . . . and to change everything Ursula believes about the past, the choices that break a heart, and the redeeming powers of art and love. Characters as intriguing as the abstract sculpture. -- Atlanta Journal Constititution I highly recommend On Bear Mountain . . . a deeply touching tale. -- Romance Reviews Today A delight. -- Hollywood Behind The Scenes Rich, complex. -- The Romance Reader Beautifully written . . . A shimmering web of sorrows and joys. -- Booklist Readers of the novels of Anne Rivers Siddons will welcome into their hearts Deborah Smith. -- Midwest Book Review A fine and gentle tale -- Publishers Weekly Charming and heartwarming -- Library Journal Smith's best novel yet. -- Kristin Hannah