About this book
A Circuit Rider's Wife by Corra Harris paints an intimate, wry, and compassionate portrait of marriage, ministry, and small‑town faith in the American South. Part fiction and part social chronicle, Harris’s novel follows the wife of an itinerant Methodist preacher as she navigates revivals, congregational politics, financial strain, and the quiet duties that shape a pastoral household.
Set in the early 20th century, the book captures the rhythms of circuit riding—weekend sermons, prayer meetings, and the moral expectations placed on clergy and their families—while exploring themes of duty, belief, gender roles, and community. Harris blends humor and pathos to reveal how religious life intersects with social ambition, personal sacrifice, and the complexities of human character. Her keen observations of Southern society and clerical life offer historical texture without preaching, rendering both the comforts and contradictions of faith with subtle moral insight.
Ideal for listeners who enjoy literary fiction, religious literature, and historical character studies, A Circuit Rider's Wife will appeal to fans of Southern writing and anyone curious about the lived experience of American ministry and marriage at the turn of the century.
