Hannah G

This one was just so sweet. It’s definitely one of my favorites of Grace Livingston Hill’s works! Dale is a young woman during the Depression years who is orphaned and making her way in the big city. (Other than the difficulty finding work, the Depression figures very little.) She is facing winter in a cold city when her boss dies and the office is closed up. Since she was boarding in his house, she has to find a new place to live at the same time as her new job. Much of the book goes into her attempts to find permanent work and her life as a single boarder, and the baby mentioned in the book blurb doesn’t appear until about halfway.

I enjoyed Dale as a character and I also enjoyed the clear portrayal of the Gospel (occurring naturally instead of preached in forcibly) in the story. Definitely belongs in the “Christian fiction” section.

I was in the mood for something light and innocent, so picked up this story by Margaret Widdemer, a favorite author of mine. I was so surprised and pleased to find that it includes my favorites from "Rose-Garden Husband", Allan and Phyllis Harrington, as major characters. It has delightful nods to fairy-tale lore along the way to young Joy Havenith coming into her true womanhood.

It is difficult to review this without giving away much of the story, but I do love the hero, and you will be sure to root for Joy's success at freedom the whole story.

If you've enjoyed L. M. Montgomery's "The Blue Castle" or Ruth Sawyer's "Seven Miles to Arden", you will probably enjoy this tale and its companion story.