Donald is actually well educated and rich, and loves Aunt Crete like a mother, taking her shopping for fancy clothes and paying for French maids to fix up her hair, and then to the very resort where Luella and Carrie are staying. Upon learning that Donald, the son of their now deceased older sister, is coming to visit from out west, Luella fears what others will think of them if they are seen with a ‘backwoods cousin,’ so she and her mother hurry away to a fancy resort where Luella is anxious to pursue a young man she is convinced is interested in her, which proves to be all in her head. Lucretia ‘Crete’ Ward is a nice old lady who lives with her sister Carrie and niece Luella, both of whom are very selfish and treat her like a slave. This story is a Grace Livingston Hill rarity, in which the main character does not find a husband/wife at the end of the story. ‘ Her works include: The Girl from Montana 1908, The Mystery of Mary 1911 and Lo, Michael! 1913. It was no wonder that in her days she was known as the ‘Queen of Christian Romance.

Jesus, the ever present though unseen reoccurring character, manages to heal or mend any situation Grace imagined. Grace wrote about them all and could manage a happy, or at least satisfactory, ending to any situation. She touched on subjects such as infidelity, defiance, hard heartedness towards God, and deception, to name just a few. As Grace believed the Bible was very clear about what was good and what was evil in life, she reflected that cut and dried design in her own works. Grace’s messages are quite simplistic in nature: good versus evil. Her characters were most often young female ing nues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Grace Livingston Hill 1865 1947 was an early 20th Century ‘Christian Romance’ novelist. Short Story Collections In Publication Order The Obsession of Victoria Gracen (1914).Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition Large print ed. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:45:46.617173 Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA1145302 City Thorndike, Me.

Re-Creations by Grace Livingston Hill