Publisher's Synopsis
The story is set in Union County, Ohio, at the turn of the twentieth century, and it is about women on the farm. Samantha, her daughters Rosa and Mary, and their mother have been exchanging letters for fifteen years about various aspects of farm life.
Rosa and Mary's exchange vows with much older, highly successful, and previously married men. They both are the quiet, pious homemaker as expected of them by their husbands. They are also the anchor of the home, business women of their own, and valued contributors to their husband's success. The women's family story is also expanded to 100 years of family history in Union and Champaign Counties, Ohio. Samantha McAdams, her family, and her upbringing start the chapter of the history of the women and their husbands. Samantha's mother died and her dad went to fight in the Civil War. The children were separated and shipped off to relatives. Her father Gideon was a ne'er do well who following the war, spent thirty-five years in the county but not in touch with Samantha or her family. Samantha's daughter Rosa, met and married Isaac Campbell, who was the same age as her father Wilmer McAdams. Isaac built the town of Grenola, Kansas which at the time was the main shipping stockyard for cattle. After a horrific accident in which he killed his wife, he fell on hard times. He left his children with relatives and moved to Union County, Ohio.
