At the dawn of the Twentieth Century, the world is changing for women. More girls of a certain class are being educated and able to make their own living. When Claudia Thomas graduates from the newly formed Burnham College for Women, Class of 1880, she is not ready to trade the life of the mind for a husband and a house in town. She chooses to further her studies in Germany, to buy time before she meets her family's expectation of marriage and children. Her plans are interrupted when she meets Jeanette Taynor, walking in the park. Mrs. Taynor is a young widow, employed as nanny in the home of...
At the dawn of the Twentieth Century, the world is changing for women. More girls of a certain class are being educated and able to make their own liv...
Go West the headlines said. Two families set out from Missouri by wagon train, headed for California and the Oregon Territory. Five months on the trail gave twelve-year-old Frances Swanson and ten-year-old Laurel Hutchinson plenty of time to become friends. When their paths diverged, they feared they would never see each other again. But life is unpredictable. When a comely young carpenter named Frank Swan takes on a remodeling job for Laurel's school for girls, he brings with him an odd familiarity. Whether it is Fate or True Love, Frank and Laurel's lives will never be the same.
Go West the headlines said. Two families set out from Missouri by wagon train, headed for California and the Oregon Territory. Five months on the tra...
