Follow the extraordinary lives of Col. Gustave A. Breaux of New Orleans 1828-1910, and his flamboyant, high society daughter, Daisy, 1864-1949. Three times married, she acquired great homes in Charleston, New Jersey and Washington D.C.
With a practical streak that belied her debutante upbringing, Daisy turned her Charleston home into a luxury hotel, retaining the name "Villa Margherita."
True to her ever present clever wit, she conjured up the hotel's motto out of fractured Latin: "Sic tibi pecunia non intrare non licet est" She translated; "If you ain't got no money you needn't come around."
A novel about a family during World War II, set on the homefront in Springield, Mass., and in the South Pacific. The book focuses on four characters and how their lives were affected and changed during the war years.
Fleeing from a scorned past,Catherine Merit struggles with her failing medical practice and a rich man's obsession of her.Book Four in the Indignities Series
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