Synopsis
While the extended family spends the winter at Viamede, Edward and Zoe have Ion to themselves. Their peaceful solitude is quickly disrupted when a house guest arouses feelings of jealousy in Zoe. A train accident leads to further upheaval for Edward and his wife, but through their trials, their love and understanding grow. Violet Raymond faces difficulties as well - in the form of step-daughter Lulu's temper, in addition to bouts of scarlet fever for her baby and step-daughter Gracie. When the families return to Viamede, Lulu's struggles continue with potentially devastating consequences for her half-sister! Through her father's guidance and a difficult lesson, Lulu learns greater self-control. See how their heavenly Father blesses the Raymond family, providing a way for Captain Raymond to leave his life as a naval officer and be home with his family.
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Miss Martha Finley was born on April 26, 1828 in Chillicothe, Ohio to an affluent and patriotic family. Her first decade was spent living in different towns of Ohio and Indiana with her parents, Dr. James Brown Finley and Maria Theresa Brown, while educated at home and in private schools in varying cities.
In 1853, after the death of her parents, Miss Finley moved to New York, and later to Philadelphia. She became a private educator and taught students in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, and until 1874, she lived between both New York and Philadelphia. When her school was destroyed during the war, she moved to Bedford, Pennsylvania, living with an aunt and sister. While in Philadelphia in 1876, at the Centennial Exposition, she visited relatives in Elkton, Maryland. With the onset of poor health and the advice of her physician residing there, she decided to make Elkton her home.
Miss Finley, at age 26, began her literary career writing a newspaper article and Sunday School Stories for a Presbyterian publication. After becoming dependant upon others because of poor health, she prayed for a means to support herself. After three years of writing, her first book, Elsie Dinsmore, was published. Young readers demanded more, causing Miss Finley to comply, until there were 28 books in the series.
An invalid for many years, Miss Finley wrote many of her books while prostrated with illness. A simple, pleasant woman with delicate features, never married and childless, Miss Finley was one of the most beloved authors, by children, of all time, with over 25 million readers in both America and England. She lived and wrote quietly until her death in Elkton, Maryland in 1909.
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