Set free at last from a hard duty, Jo, a plain, proud woman of the St. Lawrence valley, is urged to buy herself a husband with her small means. Instead she makes a vow and takes in the girl Donelle, devoting her savings and her pride to the girl’s future, even when it means appealing by awkward letter to Anderson Law.
A tender study of self-sacrifice and quiet heroism in French-Canadian river country. Download the free EPUB.