Fleda Ringgan, an orphan of ten, lives happily with her grandfather on his farm at Queechy until debt and death break up their world. The long novel follows her into girlhood and womanhood, keeping house and farm for struggling relatives, making maple sugar with the hired men, visiting Paris and New York, and holding fast to her faith through every reversal.
The second great bestseller by the author of The Wide, Wide World, rich in domestic and rural detail. Download the free EPUB.