The anticipated sequel of the year! In Cradle of Sorrows, Ritz brings family, tears, and suspense all packed into fifty-one page turning chapters! In the early 1800s Appalachians, the land is both cradle and grave — every gift cut from hardship, every blessing shadowed by loss. For the McAllister family, survival runs deeper than food or shelter. It is faith carried in hymns, strength found in scars, and kin held close when the mountains take more than they give. Cradle of Sorrows is a raw Appalachian tale of endurance and belonging — where grief and grace walk hand in hand, and family roots grow strongest in the soil of sorrow.