A Day to Pick Your Own Cotton

By: Michael Phillips

Narrated by: Susan Spain

Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

Best-selling premier Christian author Michael Phillips continues his tale of the transforming friendship between two girls from very different backgrounds. This second book in the Shenandoah Sisters series follows the popular Angels Watching Over Me.

Mayme and Katie have become friends, which is unusual given that their friendship has spouted at the end of the Civil War and that Mayme is a former slave, while Katie is the daughter of a plantation owner. Both girls have been orphaned by the war, left alone on Katie's family plantation. The land is the one thing they still share, and they don't want to leave it. But if anyone finds out the two of them live there alone, they will be forced to move. Despite their differences, the two girls rely on one another and are determined to survive no matter what it takes.

Susan Spain's narration perfectly captures the emotions of these two adventurous young women.

©2003 Michael Phillips (P)2004 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"Vivid historical detail combines with memorable characters in Michael Phillips' second story in his Shenandoah Sisters series." (Romantic Times)

A Greater Love

Remarkable narration, conveying pictures of a poor, black slave man, a teenage white girl, black teens and a child, with gifting and skill so capable as to make the listener unaware that one narrator is speaking all the parts. An unbelievable, yet believable, tale from the end of the civil war era. I was taken in and scarcely able to put it down.

another wonderful story

what a joy to listen to this wonderful story that makes me cringe, wince, cry and rejoice. great way to learn about it history.
narrator again was superb. love love to hear her sing.
thank you

Good Story Line...

I just discovered book 3 & 4 are not on audio so I will have to buy the book and read it myself if I want to know the outcome- BUMMER! I could at least listen to the audio when I drive... I'm sorry I purchased the books...

A story of love and acceptance.

Loved it!
Loved the narrator!
Unexpected turn of events.
Biblical principles are at every turn.

So absolutely awesome-not enough words to explanation!

Could not quit reading! Took me back as if I were living with them! What a picture of Christ’s love for me and Katy and Mame’s unselfish love for each other! Just can’t brag enough! 💖

Please don’t let the person who commented “poor narration” and “too predictable” discourage you-they obviously reviewed the wrong book! It was so beyond UNPREDICTABLE and had beyond SUPERB NARRATION!

thought provoking

I loved this read. Very thought provoking through and through. It held my interest and was very profound to the end..

Enjoyable and uplifting

I’m so grateful that Michael Phillips created this series. I enjoyed the twists and turns of the story and the development of the characters. I appreciated the vocal talent of the narrator as well.

Great insight and depiction of the times & cultur

Wonderful perspective from various social positions. Particularly shows how different people were motivated by hatred, greed and arrogance, but other people on the same side of the issue were kind and generous and sometimes ignorant of harsh realities.

A great Story

This was a great book. Do you have the other four that are in the set on audible, if so I would like to get them also.
My Children loved this story.

Great story...

Thoroughly enjoyed this book and the narrator did a wonderful job! Am looking forward to the next book in this series.