Margaret Paget, a schoolteacher in a small town, chafes against the noise, chores and thrift of her big family and longs for a wider world. When she gets her chance among wealthy, cultivated people and finds love with a professor, she begins to see her mother’s self-sacrificing life in a very different light.
The short novel that launched Kathleen Norris’s long career, a tender tribute to motherhood. Download the free EPUB.