The second Stillwater Bend novel takes the reader to the late 30's,a trouble time in America. A time whe America was emerging from the great depression and Germany was surfacing as a world power under Hitler. It is also an intimate portrayal of the three young women, Katherine, Molly, and Helen, poised at the crossroads of their lives.
This book transports the reader once again to the seldom explored era before World War Two, a troubled time when boldness and bravery were the means to survival. Commemorating the triumph of the American and British spirit, the reader is taken on an unforgettable voyage to an incomparable time and place. Compelling from the first page, it is also a love story as well as a portrayal of the three young women, Katherine, Molly, and Helen as they are influenced by the events occuring around them. Their experiences will continue to haunt the reader long after the last page is read.
Sometimes, vacations just don't turn out the way you hoped they would. An idyllic wilderness house boating get-a-way soon turns into a hellish nightmare...
First Place Winner in historical fiction in the Purple Dragonfly Awards for excellence in children's literature, and named a U.P. Notable Classic.
Feel like you are in the moment nearly 100 years ago with a young girl, daughter of Finnish immigr