Family & Relationships
The Rose Child
The Rose Child tells the enchanting tale of a young girl living in the picturesque village of Wildbach, whose passion for roses mirrors her …
Just David
Just David is the story of David, a little boy of 10 who is suddenly transplanted from a quiet, isolated, shut away world of music high in t…
Mildred Keith
Mildred Keith has a good life in Lansdale, Ohio - family, friends and school keep her happy and busy. But when her parents announce they're …
The Blythe Girls
The Blythe sisters, orphaned and near-penniless are completely on their own. With the last of their resources, they move from their lovely b…
Daddy-Long-Legs
Jerusha Abbott was brought up at the John Grier Home, an old-fashioned orphanage. The children were wholly dependent on charity and had to w…
Still
More humorous adventures (1925) by the world’s most misunderstood English boy. - Summary by david wales
A Fair Barbarian
The setting is a small English village in the 19th century. When her niece shows up on her doorstep unexpectedly, a quiet spinster finds her…
Children of the Ghetto
In this 1892 novel of London's Jewish East End, Israel Zangwill sets the apparently irrational and decidedly indecorous religious practices …
Making over Martha
The sequel to Martha-by-the-day. Despite others' wishes for Martha, that she rise above her station, she remains stoutly Martha, care-giver …
Mother Carey’s Chickens
“When Captain Carey went on his long journey into the unknown and uncharted land, the rest of the Careys tried in vain for a few months to b…
Under the Lilacs
Under the Lilacs is a tale of friendship and adventure from celebrated author Louisa May Alcott.When sisters Bab and Betty Moss decide to ha…
Driven Back To Eden
Frustrated with life in the tenements generally and the negative influences on his children specifically, a father decides to move his famil…
Tenterhooks
The second of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, an Edwardian comedy of manners. Several years have passed since the events in 'Love's Shadow', b…
Fireside Christmas Short Stories
A collection of Christmas-themed short stories, intended to warm the heart and share with the family. Each story or poem in this collection …
The Prairie Wife
GeeGee has fallen, in love that is. Witty, funny, intelligent. Gee Gee's Letters to her friend tell the unscripted story of the adventures i…
The Home-Maker
The Knapp family seems as though they ought to be happy, yet hidden frustrations are tearing them apart under the surface. As the family bre…
The Duke's Children
In the last of the six Palliser novels, the sudden death of his wife, Lady Glencora, leaves Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium, findin…
The Bridal Wreath
“The Bridal Wreath” is the first part of the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, for which author Sigrid Undset won the Nobel Prize in literature…
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
“Notice, and am gratified by, large clump of crocuses near the front gate. Should like to make whimsical and charming reference to these and…
Love at Second Sight
In the final instalment of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, three years have passed since Bruce and Edith's marriage was in danger of collapse.…