Three classic Grace Livingston Hill novels -- The Enchanted Barn, Miranda, and A Voice in the Wilderness -- with the added bonus of Isabella Alden's novel Agatha's Unknown Way. Each story is complete and updated for today's reader.
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Three classic Grace Livingston Hill novels -- The Enchanted Barn, Miranda, and A Voice in the Wilderness -- with the added bonus of Isabella Alden's novel Agatha's Unknown Way. Each story is complete and updated for today's reader.
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Grace Livingston Hill was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. For her twelfth birthday, Hills Aunt Pansy had one of her stories published in a book of short stories. This was the beginning of Hills career as a writer. In 1886, Hill and her family moved to Winter Park, Florida, where she got a job teaching gymnastics at a local college. She wrote her first real book there, in an effort to raise money for a family vacation to Chautauqua Lake. The book was called Chatauqua Idyl and was published in 1887 by D. Lothrop and Company, the same publisher that printed her first story when she was twelve. Hill was eventually married and began a family, but lost her husband to appendicitis. At this point in her life, her writing was the only means she had to keep food on the table and money in her pockets. In her lifetime, Hill wrote over a hundred books, only two of which were non-fiction. Grace Livingston Hill died in 1947 at the age of 82.
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Four Stories,
By annesailorgirl "annesailorgirl" (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Grace Livingston Hill Collection No. 5 (Paperback)
Collection 5 contains four stories. I consider this the best of the Collections I have read so far, and I've read most of them.The Enchanted Barn by GHL is a story of an oldest daughter, Shirley Hollister, who finds herself supporting her ill mother and younger brothers and sisters after her father's death. She works as a poorly paid stenographer, and learns that they must vacate their tiny dark house in the city. She uses her last dime to ride a trolley into the country to find a home, and discovers a beautiful old stone barn in an idyllic setting, with a stream, fresh air, trees, and sunshine. The handsome young wealthy owner, Sidney Graham, agrees to rent it to her -- and then proceeds with some modifications. When the family moves to the country, the mother starts to recover and the children grow stronger. Young Shirley is asked to the city to work with some important governmental papers, and is kidnapped by evil men. Sidney Graham sets out to find her -- and you will have to read the story yourself to learn the ending. The story is pure fun, especially the part about fixing up the barn, and one of the best GHL has written. The Love Gift by GHL is a story of young milliner living in a cheap boardinghouse, who can make beautiful hats. And of a poor young minister who goes in search of a respectable hat for his older mother. The two become friends after the beautiful poor young milliner sells him a beautiful hat for a very low price, and the minister shows her about Jesus. Do they fall in love? Read the story yourself to find out. Miranda, by GHL is part of a sequence of stories that began with the book "Marcia Schuyler." It takes the story of Miranda Griscom and her own secret love, young Allan Whitney. Years ago, Allan had been wrongly accused of a crime and had fled out west, with only Miranda believing firmly in his innocence, and helping him to flee. When he returns to town years later after cleared of wrong-doing, will he remember his long-time faithful friend? Agatha's Unknown Way is a story by Isabella Alden. Young Agatha Hunter grew up in India, and returns to the states to stay with her Aunt & Uncle for health reasons. While in the states, she attends a city missionary meeting, hoping to be inspired and encouraged and to be able to encourage her parents who are still in India. When she discovers only apathy, she is pushed beyond her usual shyness to help change things. A chance encounter and a mistaken identity change not only her life, but the lives of those around her.
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Great books, but description not accurate,
By QF Jane (Lone Star State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grace Livingston Hill Collection No. 5 (Paperback)
The Collection #5 was not the stories listed in the description "Three classic Grace Livingston Hill novels -- The Enchanted Barn, Miranda, and A Voice in the Wilderness -- with the added bonus of Isabella Alden's novel Agatha's Unknown Way. Each story is complete and updated for today's reader."
It does not include the A Voice in the Wilderness story as listed. Grace Livingston Hill's books are a pleasant read, and it is nice to see the younger generation interested in them.
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