On a muddy April day the Gray children of a Vermont farm grumble about the weather and the State Road, unaware that their lives are about to change. A wealthy, sorrowful young widow comes to board at the homestead, and the friendship and love that grow between her and the Grays, especially the eldest son Austin, reshape them all.
The first novel of a writer who later became one of America’s best-selling authors. Download the free EPUB.