What They Couldn't: A Home Story
Pansy
Read by TriciaG
The Cameron family tries to keep up in society despite their more limited finances, by "making a dollar look to [their] friends as though it was ten dollars," much to the harried father's embarrassment and potential ruin. In addition to the financial stress, the youngest daughter has been "bringing up herself," such that she's on the road to moral peril. This story follows the life of the family as they walk the tightrope between social acceptability and financial stability, moral failure and strength through the guidance of Jesus Christ. - Summary by TriciaG (11 hr 25 min)
Chapters
| Family Problems | 23:54 | Read by TriciaG |
| Trying to "Belong" | 23:04 | Read by TriciaG |
| Burns and Heart-Burns | 24:56 | Read by TriciaG |
| O Wad Some Power | 24:21 | Read by TriciaG |
| In the Gloom | 23:10 | Read by TriciaG |
| "Isn't She a Terror!" | 23:50 | Read by TriciaG |
| A "Peculiar" Man | 22:09 | Read by TriciaG |
| A Lesson in Fanaticism | 25:10 | Read by TriciaG |
| Home Thrusts | 24:40 | Read by TriciaG |
| "How Will It All End?" | 23:33 | Read by TriciaG |
| "Out of His Sphere" | 22:11 | Read by TriciaG |
| A New Departure | 21:28 | Read by TriciaG |
| "A Good Fellow in Every Way" | 24:07 | Read by TriciaG |
| A New Game | 22:55 | Read by TriciaG |
| "Katherine Spelled with a K" | 23:03 | Read by TriciaG |
| Being Weighed | 23:51 | Read by TriciaG |
| "Just Once" | 23:16 | Read by TriciaG |
| A Troublesome Promise | 18:51 | Read by TriciaG |
| A Startling Witness | 22:16 | Read by TriciaG |
| The Shadows of Coming Events | 22:53 | Read by TriciaG |
| "Don't Ask Me Any Questions" | 22:22 | Read by TriciaG |
| A Persistent Friend | 22:58 | Read by TriciaG |
| Borrowed (?) Money | 22:41 | Read by TriciaG |
| "Mrs. Willis Kennedy?" | 22:38 | Read by TriciaG |
| "A Nervous Shock" | 22:04 | Read by TriciaG |
| "What's in a Name?" | 21:37 | Read by TriciaG |
| Soul-Searching | 20:26 | Read by TriciaG |
| Reconstruction | 22:13 | Read by TriciaG |
| The "Next Scene" | 20:24 | Read by TriciaG |
| "Spring Violets, After All" | 24:46 | Read by TriciaG |
Reviews
More Balanced
Phxjennifer
Pansy's books are so often focused on the evils of alcohol. This book portrays a family in the crisis of living above their income. Interestingly, it also shows that, in the 19th century, girls were somehow expected to understand the social and physical dangers of being alone with men without being taught!
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Momma Kitty
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Wonderful Story - Reader is Always Fabulous
JulietV